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Happy New Year! We know we've been away for awhile but hopefully this new year brings all kinds of new surprises. What are you looking forward to the most this year? What do you want to see from us in the new year?

We have come to rely on having anything anywhere at anytime, all the while remaining apathetic to the complexities demanded by a culture of immediacy. loom.ly/XACd9o4

Training for a lifetime of subservience. buff.ly/2W7T6do

How the Broadway hit Hamilton has crafted a new American civic myth. buff.ly/2ugCrZw

Learn how bird lives and black lives intertwine under the long shadow of history. buff.ly/2W1KmFQ

When being helped, that is all we need to be. buff.ly/2W5qTE8

Meet Chalkbeat, the nonprofit that’s filling the local education journalism void created by shrinking daily newspapers. buff.ly/2TJMftm

Employing the ancient Chinese art of wu-wei is now being touted by modern science as a way to enrich life. buff.ly/2Hji2vk

A poet/pastor discovers the remarkable similarities between his two vocations. buff.ly/2Hx22Fa

St Augustine of Hippo was a prolific contributor to the formation of modern Christianity, particularly through the concept of Original Sin. The philosophy of human nature this idea implies continues to inform contemporary morality. buff.ly/2XVhsJf

Your zip code could have an impact on how long you live. buff.ly/2SRzLeM

Can the cannabis industry help launch the nation’s first public bank in nearly a century? buff.ly/2SRzNmU

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