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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3910 on: March 02, 2026, 08:36:02 pm »
On another subject, I found an interesting and provocative article about Mary Magdalene in the online site, that probably never appeared in the magazine:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/mistaking-mary-magdalene#rid=22ddb497-0391-4d5d-a629-42e64fc48496&q=mary+magdalene
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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3911 on: March 03, 2026, 03:15:28 pm »
... "Moral torque" is a pretty good concept.

And...you know what are our moral torque wrenches? Our cell phones!
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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3912 on: Today at 12:33:58 pm »
I read "The Brood" in the Feb. 16 & 23 issue. It reads like the plot of an episode of the TV show "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit."
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