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To: Solon who wrote (177)	10/14/2016 5:17:53 AM
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Need to give Zelazny a try, after Heinlein's 'Stranger in a Strange Land', reached the apex of sci fi genre for me, still adore that book. ( You've always reminded me of Jubal Harshaw a bit, or alot! ;0) ) Tx for the Taleb reminder, had forgotten about wanting to get his first book "The Black Swan"

To: Solon who wrote (177)	10/14/2016 5:20:12 AM
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We've Reached the End of White Christian America theatlantic.com (Interesting take, their barns are burning,the myths crumbling, in the instinctive panic the vitriol flying ) Video by The Atlantic The United States is no longer a majority white, Christian country, and that is already beginning to have profound social and political implications . At 45 percent of the population, white Christians are a shrinking demographic—and the backlash from many members of the group against the increasing diversification of America has been swift and bitter. “People fight like that when they are losing a sense of place, a sense of belonging, and a sense of the country that they understand and love, ” says Robert P. Jones, the author of The End of White Christian America, in this animated interview. “How do they reengage in public life when they can’t be the majority?” Authors: Daniel Lombroso, Caitlin Cadieux

To: Solon who wrote (177)	10/14/2016 5:24:35 AM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 193

Posted this on Facebook last wk, why Heinlein was the Dean .....“Victory in defeat, there is none higher. She didn't give up, Ben; she's still trying to lift that stone even after it has crushed her. She's a father working while cancer eats away his insides, to bring home one more pay check. She's a twelve-year-old trying to mother her brothers and sisters because mama had to go to Heaven. She's a switchboard operator sticking to her post while smoke chokes her and fire cuts off her escape. She's all the unsung heroes who couldn't make it but never quit.” Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, Jubal Harshaw commenting on Auguste Rodin's bronze sculpture masterpiece, 'Fallen Caryatid' ( see, sounds like something Solon would write? ;)