2012 archive

Politics and religion don’t mix

The provocateurs know politics and religion don’t mix

By Robert Fisk, Thursday 13 September 2012   So another internet clever-clogs sets the Middle East on fire: Prophet cartoons, then Koranic book-burning, now a video of robed ‘terrorists’ and a fake…  [more]

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Interfaith benevolence

Interfaith Misunderstanding in America

By , 09/10/2012 12:30 pm   It’s been a great year for interfaith misunderstanding in America. There was a U.S. senator’s wild allegation about Islamic extremists infiltrating the American government. There are the…  [more]

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Memoir of the dying process

Hitchens’ “Mortality” evokes an unforgettable voice

By Hussein Ibish,  September 11, 2012   Narratives about dying are among the least appealing genre of memoir. Whether first-person or narrated by some long-suffering beloved, it seems almost impossible to strike a…  [more]

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They call it diabetes type 3

The Mind Thieves

By George Monbiot, September 10, 2012   When you raise the subject of over-eating and obesity, you often see people at their worst. The comment threads discussing these issues reveal a legion of bullies, who appear…  [more]

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Voice from an impostor?

The Lord is watching

Dear editor: This letter is for the evangelicals, those who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, adhering to the New Testament as their source for moral and ethical guidance. Let me ask you a…  [more]

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Of wholesale surrender

Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital

By Matt Taibbi, August 29, 2012 7:00 AM ET   The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he…  [more]

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The art of propaganda

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/07/national_reviews_ryan_romney_cover_resembles_soviet_propaganda/ or http://bit.ly/PPzGSg [more]

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