2012 archive

When a country attacks its own

Guantánamo at 10: the defeat of liberty by fear

By , Wednesday 11 January 2012 09.00 ES On 11 January 2002, the United States began showing major signs of what I call “Guantánamo syndrome”, after one of…  [more]

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Really?

Jesus doesn’t need a leg up, Justin Bieber

By , Saturday 7 January 2012 We’ve had more than 2,000 years of Christian history and, safe to say, they haven’t been entirely uneventful ones thus far. There have…  [more]

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Are you French Canadian?

President Romney Meets Other World Leaders

By , January 16, 2012 When Mitt Romney introduces himself to voters, he has a  peculiar habit of guessing their age or nationality, often incorrectly. (A  regular query: “Are you French…  [more]

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Gimme that old time religion

Blessed are the un-cool

By Rachel Held Evans, Jun 15, 2011 People sometimes assume that because I’m a progressive 30-year-old who enjoys Mumford and Sons and has no children, I must want a super-hip church—you know, the kind…  [more]

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Devoted to death

Santa Muerte: Mexico’s Devotion To the Saint of Death

By , 1/7/12 08:20 AM ET While tens of thousands of Mexicans have lost their lives in the ongoing drug war, millions more have become devoted to…  [more]

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They are also dangerous

Republicans: we don’t need no regulation

By , Friday 6 January 2012 13.00 EST Here are the two contradictory facts you must keep in your mind if you wish to understand American politics today: 1. We are…  [more]

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Newt Gingrich is a big fat idiot

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Newt Gingrich: Palestinians are an ‘invented’ people

By Natasha Mozgovaya and Reuters, 01:41 10.12.11 U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thrust himself into controversy on Friday by declaring that the Palestinians are an “invented” people who want…  [more]

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