Monthly Archives: March 2011

Question 3: Would you be willing to settle in space?

I couldn’t sleep last night. I tossed and turned until 4:15 a.m., when I finally climbed out of bed, went out onto the deck, and looked up at the sky. Why? I couldn’t stop thinking about space. I blame my … Continue reading

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Question 2: Why is it so hard for Westerners to understand the absence of wide-spread looting in Japan?

After the horrible earthquake and tsunami that wiped out the northeastern seaboard of Japan, making hundreds of thousands homeless, killing at least 18,000 people, and leaving stores empty of basic supplies, Westerners felt a wave of respect for the people … Continue reading

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What happened to Matthew Flores?

It’s a basic human desire to have answers to the important questions in our lives. The desire is all the more intense where our children are involved. It’s difficult to forget Ed Smart’s impassioned pleas for the return of his … Continue reading

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Question 1: What Inspired My Year of Questions?

As the mother of a six-year-old boy, my days, more often than not, begin with questions. Our son has a habit of bounding into our bed around six each morning and awakening us with something like this: “Who would win … Continue reading

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