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The term ‘compassion’ typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy has fallen out of touch with reality. Journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.
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The Gulf oil spill dwarfs comprehension, but we know this much: it’s bad. Carl Safina scrapes out the facts in this blood-boiling cross-examination, arguing that the consequences will stretch far beyond the Gulf and many so-called solutions are making the situation worse.
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