“Movie Mom” Nell Minow interviewed “Akeelah and the Bee” producer/actor Laurence Fishburne for Beliefnet.com, and the Williamson quote came up in conversation. Here’s an excerpt: Minow: The film makes great use of Marianne Williamson’s wonderful quote, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”…

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure,” begins the famous quote recently used so effectively in the whole-family movie “Akeelah and the Bee.” Print it out! Hang it up. Cry when you read it. But do you know who wrote it? I’ll tell…

Sam Harris, author of “The End of Faith,” is the new face of American atheism. Even though I don’t buy his whole argument, he makes fascinating points. Plus, he’s cool, charismatic. And he meditates! See him lament the incompatible claims of the world’s religions on Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report.” Harris says he “trusts in conversation”…

In her latest nutritional newsletter, New York-based health and wellness expert Myra Klockenbrink encouraged people to visit their neighborhood grassy areas to pick young, serrated dandelion greens. She included a recipe for sautéing the greens with minced onion (or shallot), cubed red beets, sea salt, and an olive-oil-and-raspberry-vinegar dressing with walnut garnish. “Congratulate yourself,” she…

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