Freedom & self-reliance articles
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Local View: Connect with nature, a place for freedom of self, soul
From the column: "'We risk our lives for our mental health,' I joked."
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The Merger Self, the Seeker Self, and the Lifelong Challenge of Balancing Intimacy and Independence
Each time I see a sparrow inside an airport, I am seized with tenderness for the bird, for living so acutely and concretely a paradox that haunts our human lives in myriad guises — the difficulty of discerning comfort from entrapment, freedom from peril. It is a paradox rooted in the early development of the psyche and most poignantly manifested in our intimate relationships as we confront over and over the boundary between where we end and the other begins, the challenge of balancing intimacy...
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Commentary: Freedom to read is freedom to think. It’s time for NJ lawmakers to protect both
History teaches that book banning has consequences, the author notes.