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Tag: Job

  • Prof Patty
  • December 30, 2021

What Job Can Teach Us About Coping with Mental Health Crises

Job teaches us that helping those in overwhelming pain requires a careful balance between listening and understanding their unique agony while not making them feel too different or isolated. BY&nbs

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  • Kintsugi
  • December 24, 2021December 24, 2021

The Book of Job and the Paradox of Suffering

Job is my favorite book in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. It asks important questions which we deal with on a daily basis. When I look at the news and see suffering and turmoil, I turn to J

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NY Times

  • Talarico Can Win. But He Will Not Turn Texas Blue.
  • Judge Blocks DeSantis’s Declaration of Muslim Group as Terrorist Organization
  • Why Ecuador Invited the U.S. Military to Help With Its Drug Gangs
  • Noem and D.H.S. Inspector General Spar Over Obstruction Claim
  • As New York Energy Costs Surge, Attention Turns to Landmark Climate Law

NPR

  • Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths
  • Humans' pull toward alcohol may have ancient origins (according to chimp pee)
  • President Trump aimed to cut science funding. Congress has quietly restored much of it
  • Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons
  • If you change the colors of a concert hall, you may change how patrons hear music

The Progressive

  • Resisting the Data Center Boom
  • How Trump Is Imperiling Federal Housing Subsidies
  • Sufyan Tayeh’s Legacy Lives on in His Students
  • The Right Expands Its Campaign to Censor College Professors
  • Trump, Coca, and Drones in Tumaco, Colombia

FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Claims in Casey Means’ Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing
  • Assessing Trump’s Claims on Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities
  • Legality of Latest Iran Attack in Question
  • FactChecking Trump’s State of the Union Address
  • A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims

Snopes.com

  • Did White House say Barron Trump was 'too tall' for military service? Here's the truth
  • Photo shows graves of Iranian girls killed in Minab school attack
  • Did Trump threaten to invade Spain? What we know
  • Investigating claim video shows downed US pilot in Kuwait being confronted by locals
  • Rumor loss of 3 fighter jets in Iran operation cancels out alleged DOGE savings doesn't add up

Tradeoffs

  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care
  • As States and CDC Split on Vaccines, What's Next?
  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction
  • Mental Illness Left Their Loved Ones on the Streets. California’s Big Fix Hasn’t Helped
  • One State's Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 2

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