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Jul 04 2012

Love requires a response

Reborn on the 4th of July

By , 07/04/2012  8:18 am   Today marks my sixth rebirthday. In 2006, I was baptized and became a Christian in Honolulu, Hawaii. One week later, I would be told that my…  [more]

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Jul 04 2012

Whose taste it is to associate and amalgamate

Francis Scott Key on trial

By , Wednesday, Jul  4, 2012 06:30 AM CDT   In the final two days of U.S. v. Reuben Crandall, on April 25 and 26, 1836, Washington’s district attorney, Francis Scott Key,…  [more]

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Jul 04 2012

War’s a nasty thing

Anniversary of the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

Announced by Archdruid Eileen, Tuesday, 3 July 2012   And what lessons we have to learn from this most ironic of sea battles, in which the British sank a large part of the French …  [more]

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Jun 29 2012

A terrifying possibility

Why Is Sheldon Adelson Donating Millions to Romney? NYT: “His Disgust for a Two-state Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”

By , June 25th, 2012   During the height of Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign, the Sheldon-Adelson-backed Republican candidate…  [more]

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Jun 29 2012

We cannot escape history

George W. Bush: Still the worst

By , Friday, Jun 29, 2012 06:30 AM CDT   In 2003, President Bush, then two years into his tenure, was asked by journalist Bob Woodward about his place in history. “History,”…  [more]

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Jun 29 2012

Economic sabotage

Sink the ship to drown the captain

By John Stoehr, 28 Jun 2012 11:26   Americans on the political left have been talking about the idea for more than a year, but only recently has the Democratic establishment in…  [more]

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Jun 29 2012

‘Ahlan wa sahlan fikoum!

  From: Børre Ludvigsen Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 5:31 AM Subject: Emine, Fatimah and Umm Ahmad – ‘ahlan wa sahlan fikoum!   It appears that the Arab “Spring” (it means to move or jump suddenly or rapidly upward or…  [more]

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