2012 archive

Claims of a frontier battle

Far-right Europeans and Israelis: this toxic alliance spells trouble

By , Wednesday 6 June 2012 12.15 EDT Last month, demonstrations against African refugees in Tel Aviv turned violent. Protesters looted shops, broke windows and firebombed buildings, including…  [more]

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And the beat goes on

By Monsieur d’Nalgar, Friday June 8, 2012 This rant emanates from a Facebook conversation today that followed Maha’s lament. Maha is a Palestinian woman who is frustrated with her Israeli friend. Seems that this friend is blind to historical…  [more]

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Good luck getting into Israel

‘Do you feel more Arab or more American?’: Two women’s story of being detained and interrogated at Ben Gurion

By , June 2, 2012 I am an American citizen. I went to American schools…  [more]

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Look for a more rational basis for peace

Mythologizing Evolution

By , 05/31/2012 12:09 pm A prominent new atheist blogger has just completed a week-long series paying homage to the great journalist H. L. Mencken, best known for his coverage of the 1925…  [more]

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Cleaving society

The Islamophobia Industry Strikes in Kansas

By , 06/01/2012  3:21 pm Just like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Republican Governor Sam Brownback had a feeling he was not in Kansas anymore. At least not the Kansas…  [more]

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Christians of comfort like myself

A Snake-handler’s Lethal Embrace of Religious Ecstasy

By , 06/01/2012  2:12 pm I was driving into downtown Seattle when I heard the news of Randy “Mack” Wolford’s death on National Public Radio, in a British accent no…  [more]

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Rousas John Rushdoony

The Libertarian Theocrats

By Michael J. McVicar, Fall 2007 In their struggle to understand George W. Bush, some liberal intellectuals have looked to the writings of Rousas John Rushdoony, the Armenian-American minister whose championing of a theocratic America influenced…  [more]

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