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Dec 27 2012

The truest answer

Why, God?

By , December 25, 2012   When my friend Robin was dying, she asked me if I knew a priest she could talk to who would not be, as she put it, “too judgmental.” I knew …  [more]

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Dec 24 2012

Into a land of lies and distortions

The idolatry of the gun

By , 06:49 PM ET, 12/21/2012   In their first extended statements since the mass shooting in Newton, Conn., National Rifle Association representatives, advocated armed guards in schools. In their mind,…  [more]

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Dec 23 2012

Terror, terror, terror, terror

A word of advice about the Middle East – we’ve reached the ‘tipping point’ with cliches

By Robert Fisk, Sunday 23 December 2012   Remember the days when we thought Egypt’s path to democracy was a done deal? Western-trained …  [more]

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Dec 23 2012

The poet of God

What would Jesus think of Christmas today?

By Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Sunday 23 December 2012   A young man ran after me and tried in vain to get some change as I dashed through the doors of Bafta in…  [more]

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Dec 22 2012

Shock and anxiety syndrome

The disproportionate value of Israeli life

By Belen Fernandez, 22 Dec 2012 13:03   Following the conclusion of Operation “Pillar of Defence”, Israel’s latest bout of terror in Gaza, Israeli journalist Gideon Levy wrote in Ha’aretz: Since …  [more]

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Dec 21 2012

13 minutes in April

Transcript: Kathleen T. McFarland talks with Gen. David H. Petraeus

    McFarland: I’ve got something to say to you, by the way, directly from Roger Ailes. Petraeus: Oh, at .?.?. with no one else in the room? I hope?…  [more]

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Dec 21 2012

The big boss is bankrolling it

Why the US media ignored Murdoch’s brazen bid to hijack the presidency

By , Thursday 20 December 2012 11.41 EST   So now we have it: what appears to be hard, irrefutable evidence of Rupert Murdoch‘s ultimate…  [more]

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