March 2012 archive

So sensationally unfunny

War on Iran? It is too soon to reminisce about Iraq, let alone have a repeat

By , Friday 23 March 2012 16.30 EDT The thing about a supertanker is that at least you can turn it…  [more]

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History is rarely gentle

Syria’s refugees remind us of the price of revolution

By , Friday 23 March 2012 07.12 EDT Here is the truth about revolution, war, dictatorship and resistance. It is a simple truth and it is crushing: people…  [more]

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The enduring resilience of denial

‘Belambai’ is Afghanistan’s ‘My Lai’

By Paul Rosenberg, 21 Mar 2012 13:07 He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss  [more]

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A baseline for morality

Madness is not the reason for this massacre

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 17 March 2012 I’m getting a bit tired of the “deranged” soldier story. It was predictable, of course. The 38-year-old staff sergeant who massacred 16 Afghan civilians,…  [more]

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Whether we like it or not

Did Jesus Exist?

By , 03/20/2012  7:25 am In a society in which people still claim the Holocaust did not happen, and in which there are resounding claims that the American president is, in fact, a…  [more]

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Glittery geegaws of the plausible

Mike Daisey’s betrayal of This American Life’s truth – and my trust

By , Friday 16 March 2012 21.10 EDT There are lies and there are lies and there are lies. The Protocols of the Elders of…  [more]

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A crucial part of their faith

Wearing a Cross to Work

Announced by Archdruid Eileen, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 I was musing on the great Wearing A Cross to Work controversy, if it could be called that. Overall I’m not convinced there is much persecution…  [more]

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