March 2012 archive

A whiff of terror

Church’s mock raid leaves teen traumatized

By Ed Komenda, Monday, March 26, 3:52 PM MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — The men burst into the church classroom and ordered the 15 teens in the youth group to the floor. They covered the…  [more]

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Esoterics

Hippies head for Noah’s Ark: Queue here for rescue aboard alien spaceship

By Oliver Pickup, Sunday 25 March 2012 A mountain looming over a French commune with a population of just 200 is being touted as a modern Noah’s…  [more]

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They attach epic importance to their work

Christians Called To Serve Jewish Settlers

By Nathan Jeffay, March 25, 2012 Psagot, West Bank — It is a typical, even  stereotypical, West Bank settlement scene: bearded young men pruning vines while  enthusing about the Chosen People’s God-given…  [more]

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Myths can be dangerous

Patriotic Gore is Not Really Much Like Any Other Book by Anyone”

By , March 22, 2012, at 7:02 AM ET Fifty years ago this spring, the great literary critic Edmund Wilson, author of classic intellectual…  [more]

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God gave us barley

What Would Jesus Brew? Lots, beer makers say

By Amanda Greene, March 23 All this talk of beer was making the former seminarian thirsty. “Cheers,” said assistant brewer Christopher McGarvey, taking a sip from his pint of golden ale.…  [more]

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An overwhelming consensus

The False Debate About Attacking Iran

By , March 24, 2012 I wonder if we in the news media aren’t inadvertently leaving the impression that there is a genuine debate among experts about whether an Israeli…  [more]

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Vicious and exclusionary rhetoric

The War On Religion Does Not Exist

By , 03/23/2012  6:40 pm Apparently, attempts are underway to open a new front in the supposed “war on religion” in my home state of Louisiana as…  [more]

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