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June 2-8, 2010–Blind Spots

Contributed by Jack Saarela, Lutheran Campus Pastor, Yale University  Warm-up Question It is much harder to see spelling and punctuation mistakes in something you have written than in it is to see the same mistakes in someone else’s work.  Why...

May 26-June 1, 2010

Contributed by Jocelyn Breeland, Fairfax, VA Warm-up Question Have you ever had a lucky break, a time when you “beat the odds?” Sole Survivor The sole survivor of the recent Afriqiyah Airways plane crash in Libya was a 10-year-old Dutch...

May 19-25, 2010–An (Increasingly) Open Book

Contributed by Daniel Wiessner, Tacoma, WA Warm-up Question To whom do you turn when you’re not sure what to do? An (Increasingly) Open Book Turns out everyone’s Facebook privacy is getting a lot less private all the time and, unsurprisingly,...

May 12-18, 2010–Number One or Being One?

Contributed by Paul Baglyos, St. Paul, MN Warm-up Question  Got glory?  What is glory, and how do you get it? Number One or Being One? At one point during the past basketball season, Syracuse University reached no. 1 in the...

May 5-11, 2010–Faking It and Forgiveness

Contributed by Steven Alloway, Granada Hills, CA Warm-up Question How do you feel after you do something you’re not supposed to do? Do you worry about whether or not someone will find out? Do you worry about what kind of...