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Otto Scharmer, of the Presencing Institute, has coined the phrase the social soil.
For as much as we all understand that the biosphere.keeps our environment healthy, enhancing the social …
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By LAURIE STUART
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9/25/26
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With the rate of change, time seems to be moving very swiftly. For me, weeks fly by in the blink of an eye.
According to social scientist Peter Russell, the experience of time is due to …
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By LAURIE STUART
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9/18/26
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I was fortunate to go on a pilgrimage to Turkey in 2008. It was part of my seminary education -- and a group of 14 or so seminary students traveled to Istanbul and Konya in December to study the …
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By LAURIE STUART
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9/11/26
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This Labor Day we owe a lot to Frances Perkins.
You may never have heard of her. Most people haven’t.
Even so, in February 1933, when President-elect Roosevelt asked her to serve in his …
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By LAURIE STUART
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9/4/26
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James Madison (1751–1836), the chief author of the Bill of Rights and thus of the First Amendment, was the foremost champion of religious liberty, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press in the …
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By LAURIE STUART
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8/28/26
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For those of us working in local news, this 1937 quote by President Herbert Hoover is a North Star. It guides our work.
We're not interested in manipulating the news; we're interested in …
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By LAURIE STUART
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8/21/26
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President Gerald Ford, in a speech given at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4, 1976, articulated these words of inclusion: "We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our …
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By LAURIE STUART
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8/14/26
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For as much as we might resist it, nothing takes the place of perseverance.
Perseverance is the continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure or opposition. It …
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By LAURIE STUART
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8/7/26
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George Washington penned these words while serving as a 25-year-old colonel during the French and Indian War. The quote originates from his official Letter of Instructions to the Captains of the …
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By LAURIE STUART
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7/31/26
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In honor of Riverfest, happening today, Sunday, July 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., I was delighted to find this quote from President John F. Kennedy.
Learning from last week, when a quote …
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By LAURIE STUART
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7/24/26
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Check everything. You can't even believe the quote collections.
According to the Jefferson Library, this misattribution started in 1973.
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By LAURIE STUART
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7/17/26
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Translation: If you're having a bad day, don't go out and do something stupid because you're mad. It's wise not to make matters worse.
It's good to remember as the national temperature, both …
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By LAURIE STUART
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7/10/26
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Although this quote is widely attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, he credits it, in his Autobiography, Chapter IX, to Squire Bill Widener of Widener’s Valley, Virginia, according to the Theodore …
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By LAURIE STUART
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7/3/26
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There is a lot of talk about democracy these days. So it seemed fitting to reach back into history and explore what previous presidents said about our system of self-governance.
According to …
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By LAURIE STUART
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6/26/26
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In a world where you cannot tell what is real and what is a deep fake, it's good to be reminded that the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land."
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By LAURIE STUART
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6/19/26
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When I was in the ninth grade, I was a part of the varsity cheerleading squad. It wasn't a happy experience.
While I was quite agile, which is the reason I made the team, I did not fit in …
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By LAURIE STUART
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6/12/26
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It's hard to be playful when you're anxious.
Interestingly enough, the reverse is true. It's hard to be anxious when you're playful.
Note to self.
Be playful.
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By LAURIE STUART
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6/5/26
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In the midst of chaos, it never hurts to look for sunshine. It never hurts to look for the things that are going marginally to our liking. It never hurts to know that at the end of the day, we can …
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By LAURIE STUART
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5/29/26
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One of my tasks each week is to read over the Where & When calendar before it goes to print. Curated by Jenny and Roger Snedeker, who gather events from 150 websites each week, the calendar …
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By LAURIE STUART
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5/21/26
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These days, one has to do a great deal of tacking into the wind.
And generally, we do get to where we are going.
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By LAURIE STUART
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5/15/26
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