2012 archive
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Jan 09 2012
Really?
Jesus doesn’t need a leg up, Justin Bieber
By Elizabeth Day, 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]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/01/09/really/
Jan 09 2012
Are you French Canadian?
President Romney Meets Other World Leaders
By Calvin Trillin, 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]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/01/09/are-you-french-canadian/
Jan 08 2012
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]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/01/08/gimme-that-old-time-religion/
Jan 07 2012
Devoted to death
Santa Muerte: Mexico’s Devotion To the Saint of Death
By R. Andrew Chesnut, 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]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/01/07/devoted-to-death/
Jan 07 2012
They are also dangerous
Republicans: we don’t need no regulation
By Thomas Frank, 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]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/01/07/they-are-also-dangerous/
Jan 06 2012
Newt Gingrich is a big fat idiot
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]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/01/06/newt-gingrich-is-a-big-fat-idiot/
