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May 3, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 'Rise Above The Hate' Puffs of smoke or ash still occasionally rose from a building Friday morning at a world-famous Detroit art installation as the artist sat across the street, contemplating the wreckage in front of him. Earlier, the decorated Heidelberg Project house was set on fire, possibly intentionally. But Tyree Guyton kept a positive outlook as he sat on a sunny bench welcoming well-wishers. The building, known as the "OJ"or "Obstruction of Justice" house was a place where the project's originator, Guyton, kept work and supplies. It's part a larger series of decorated homes and transformed objects that help give the east side Detroit neighborhood its identity. Authorities suspect that an arsonist was responsible for the blaze. "I can look at this and let this weigh me down. I choose not to, and it has a lot to do with my state of consciousness, where I'm at in my life," he told The Huffington Post. Guyton recently returned from a year in Switzerland, spent studying Plato, Socrates and other thinkers.  Continue reading... Conflicting Reports Emerge About Roy Roberts' Early Days On The Job That Was Then.. Catholics Protest Archbishop's Anti-Gay Position The 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods In America Heidelberg Project Home Burns In Fire WATCH: 'Super Drunk' School Principal Magically Escapes Cuffs Heidelberg Project Home Burns In Fire Kid Rock Slams JT, Jay-Z: 'It's Garbage' Heidelberg Project Home Burns In Fire The 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods In America LOOK: Haunting Photos Of Abandoned Theaters PAUL BRANDEIS RAUSHENBUSH Sister Simone Campbell: What Makes This Nun on the Bus Roll? Many of the governors that are turning down Medicaid claim that they are pro-life and what I say is that they are only pro-birth. If you are pro-life in the richest nation on earth then folks who should have access to health care. Continue reading... ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Flex Your Fearlessness Becoming Fearless is part of our larger effort to put the spotlight on what is working in our culture rather than just on what's dysfunctional. Taken individually, these stories inspire. Taken together, they testify to something larger -- that in the face of multiple crises, people are responding with strength, courage and resilience. Continue reading... ANN BRENOFF On The Fly: Breaking Up With Your Phone Number We have a relationship with our phone numbers. We are engaged in an unrealistic romance with them where we boast of our fidelity to them and then abuse them with complete disrespect. Heck, we are so attached to them that we even use them to define ourselves. Continue reading... BECKY ROBINSON States' Support for Trap-Neuter-Return Is Gaining Momentum We've achieved many victories for cats over the past 23 years but we need many more. Americans can add their voice to this movement by asking their lawmakers to support legislation that protects cats and ends the senseless killing in our nation's pounds and shelters. Continue reading... DAVID ROSNER You Are a Guinea Pig A hidden epidemic is poisoning America. The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water we drink, in the walls of our homes and the furniture within them. And there's a reason why you've never read about it in the newspaper or seen a report on the nightly news. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003