Ardipithecus ramidus is an extinct primate whose fossilized remains were first found along the Awash River in Ethiopia about fifteen years ago. Many fragments were collected, including shattered bones from a four-foot-tall female nicknamed "Ardi." She was chosen to represent her kind, apparently because of the comparative completeness of her remains.

Good neighborhoods provide families a lot of protection, but even the best of communities remain vulnerable to the threat of criminals invading their homes. Our human bodies are also vulnerable to foreign invaders such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." -- 1 Corinthians 15:26

"Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil." -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

I've been thinking recently about the sayings of wise King Solomon. He was one of the greatest world leaders of all time, and a really busy man.

by James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D., and Brian Thomas, M.S.*