Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 25, 2014 in Blog, Personal |

By the looks of me and the things that I do, one would assume I’m a Christian believer. Every year, I put up a Christmas tree and hang up pretty lights and decorations. I’ve committed most of the verses of popular Christmas songs to memory. I attend Christmas shows, even those held inside churches. I send out Christmas cards to friends and family. I buy presents. My heart is filled with joy. I even get sentimental.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 25, 2014 in Blog, Personal |

When it comes to celebrating Christmas, the secular humanist community is divided. That premise and its impacts will the basis of this two-part article.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 24, 2014 in Blog, Movie Reviews |

We are never prepared for what we expect. So wrote novelist James A. Michener. That thought sums up the life-transforming excursion in pursuit of self-awareness, some might even say an identity, ventured by writer Cheryl Strayed back in 1995, when she embarked upon a grueling three-month, 1,100-mile journey entirely by foot, along the Pacific Crest Trail.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 23, 2014 in Blog, Personal, Politics |

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Romanian Revolution. Here’s more of my first-hand account of the uprising in Bucharest between December 21-25, 1989.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Dec 21, 2014 in Blog, Music and Concert Reviews |

Why “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” a song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, stands the test of time.
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