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Monday April 7, 2008

No McDonald’s Today
Rick Pearcey is giving up on McDonald’s and spends a post telling why.


How to Help Your Grieving Friend
Molly Piper has worked on a series of posts giving some pointers on how to help a friend who is grieving.


Blog Till You Drop
The Times covers the rather strange phenomenon of bloggers blogging themselves to death.


The Divorce Industrial Compex
Al Mohler discusses the entire industry that has grown up around divorce.


Prudence Is not a Frequent Google
John Mark Reynolds laments the decline of prudence. “You cannot help but long for a time when such privacy was possible for the great and taken for granted by the many.”


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