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The new Vatican document on Human Dignity—'Dignitas Infinita'—was released this past week and it has stirred up some controversy (as seems typical these days). Rather than react to the headlines, or just to what people are saying about it however, the best thing is to simply read it for yourself. What I’d like to do here, however, is take you through most of the document and offer you a little “primer,” a short introduction to the various topics that it covers.

Hey there! Finding the words to express what you want to say ISN’T EASY, especially if you’re an overthinker. So I’ve compiled a few conversation/text scripts for some of the most common dating scenarios. Think of these more as frameworks, though; you can totally put them into words that feel more *you.* “I’ve been enjoying going on dates with you! I’m at the point where I’d like to be exclusive with each other— as in, only dating and being physical with each other.

This week we are delighted to welcome newly minted Jew, our number one draft pick for the Tribe this season, the Caitlin Clark of Judaism - Nellie Bowles! Nellie is the Chief Stratgy Officer at , formerly of The NY Times, and author of the wonderful new book “Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History” which you should absolutely buy and read (don’t check it out of the library, pay up!

Whatever you want to say about Sam Peckinpah, the quintessentially American director was not a cuddly guy. His films were about the intersection between the structure of society and the violent impulses buried not so deep in our individual souls. Peckinpah peered into the carefully constructed order humanity wears like a tidy suit and saw the raw, writhing heart of chaos hammering away beneath. After the blood-soaked glory of "The Wild Bunch,"

In a recent article I discussed my preference for eating cooked kale as opposed to kale salad or some other uncooked form of kale. In that piece, I made the claim that even though cooking can remove some nutrients from greens, it doesn’t remove all of them, and because cooking has the effect of “shrinking” the greens, the end result is that you will eat more and it will all work out in the end.

This project is pretty simple. As a complement to each race weekend, I’ll be cooking the national dish of that race’s host country and sharing information about the process and that dish’s history along the way in an effort to grow more deeply immersed in the local culture from my own home. Machboos (also called kabsa, majboos, makbus) is a spiced rice dish that hails from the Arabian Peninsula — which means it’s largely considered the national dish of four countries on the F1 schedule: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

Anybody who knows Indian cooking will have encountered what the ancient Romans called Parthian laser: it is none other than hing, a spice so pungent it has to be sold in what looks like firmly-sealed pill bottles. The most commonly available version is mixed, sparingly, with gum arabic—the hardened sap from acacia trees harvested in Sudan—and flour, and… ncG1vNJzZmikn6jBtMHPqZyrZqOqr7TAwJyiZ5ufonyxe8KopqShnpx6uLXToWStoJVisabCyKWqZpylo7Q%3D

It’s time for Fútbol Friday, The Charlotte Ledger’s weekly newsletter getting you up to speed on Charlotte FC, the city’s new pro soccer team. ➡️ Need to sign up for Fútbol Friday and other Charlotte-focused email newsletters from The Charlotte Ledger? You can do that here. ➡️ Ledger subscribers can add or drop individual newsletters on their “My Account” page. Today’s Fútbol Friday newsletter is sponsored by The Critic’s Eye film series.

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