2012 archive

Inspired and planned by the institutions of racism

Nurit Peled-Elhanan’s moving reflections on the occupation’s 45th birthday

By , June 15, 2012 Nurit Peled-Elhanan, daughter of a prominent Israeli general and mother of a suicide bombing victim, and her brother Miko Peled have long been…  [more]

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It wasn’t even argued about

Quotes from the Early Church Writers on Military Service

By Tad Delay, June 10 2012 I recently finished a paper on the teaching of the early church fathers regarding military service.  This list used to be one of…  [more]

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To be great is to be misunderstood

The Apostle Paul Was Not a Misogynist Homophobe

By , 06/12/2012  7:00 am Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “To be great is to be misunderstood.” If Emerson was right, then the Apostle Paul might be one of the…  [more]

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As natural as the way we think

Why Shakespeare is … Palestinian

By Amir Nizar Zuabi, Monday 11 June 2012 10.10 EDT It is a well-known fact that Shakespeare is a Palestinian. And when I say “is” I do mean “is”, not “was”. The man might…  [more]

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Among informed and honest observers

Should we call it apartheid?

By , June 11, 2012 Among informed and honest observers, there is no dispute that Israel is imposing a separate and grossly unequal system of ethnic discrimination on the Palestinians, most blatantly…  [more]

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Terror Tuesday

Praying at the Church of St. Drone

By Tom Engelhardt, 7:51am, June  5, 2012 Be assured of one thing: whichever candidate you choose at the polls  in November, you aren’t just electing a president of the United States; …  [more]

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The human propensity to follow

The Milgram Experiment in Syria

By Robin Yassin-Kassab, June 10, 2012 It has thrown students out of top-floor windows. It has shelled cities from the land and from the air. It has raped women and men and tortured children…  [more]

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