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Two hundred fifty years ago, the “truths” Thomas Jefferson laid out in the Declaration of Independence were not yet “self-evident,” as Elaine Pagels pointed out in a recent essay.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Dr. Andres Acosta, a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic, said it is valuable information because many patients pay several hundred dollars out of pocket for the drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Most travel only a few hundred meters per day, which limits how much of the landscape they can study and makes it harder to gather a wide range of geological data.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Peck decided to focus on designing and making handcrafted furniture that could last another hundred years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

We’d promised each other that we’d be together when we opened the emails, but she still won’t talk to me, even though I’ve sent her about forty-seven hundred messages apologizing and trying to explain.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam