Dec 25 2011
How to argue with right-wing relatives By Alex Pareene, Sunday, Dec 25, 2011 8:00 AM 17:20:33 CST … There comes a time at most large family gatherings when a heated political argument breaks out. And by “heated political argument” what I mean is “someone just repeats something they heard on Hannity’s radio show that you …
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Dec 25 2011
Fear Dec 21, 2012? By Jason Boyett, 03:49 PM ET, 12/21/2011 … Today is December 21, 2011. A host of Web sites, books, and breathless cable documentaries are speculating that the world will come to an end a year from now, on December 21, 2012. Should you be concerned? Short answer: No. Keep calm and …
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Dec 24 2011
The near-religious zeal that drives the godless By Howard Jacobson, Saturday 24 December 2011 … May I take this opportunity to wish readers a happy “moral and aesthetic nightmare”. That definition of Christmas belongs to the late Christopher Hitchens. Anybody can slag off Christmas, but it takes a smart way with words to make so …
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Dec 24 2011
2011: when protest turned peaceful By Peter Popham, Saturday 24 December 2011 … In September, a man nicknamed “Little Gandhi” was buried in his home town near Damascus. Ghiyath Matar, a 24-year-old father-to-be, had been tortured and killed by the Syrian secret police. His crime: greeting the soldiers, who came to crush the anti-regime protests, …
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Dec 23 2011
How I became a ‘terrorist’ By Abdelrahman Al Ahmar, 02:47 23.12.11 … The first time I was attacked by an Israeli settler, I was 14 years old. I was walking to school when an armed man wearing a skullcap, standing near some Israeli soldiers, pulled my pack off my back and threw it in the …
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Dec 23 2011
I am sorry for the role I played in Fallujah By Ross Caputi, Thursday 22 December 2011 05.00 EST … It has been seven years since the end of the second siege of Fallujah – the US assault that left the city in ruins, killed thousands of civilians, and displaced hundreds of thousands more; the …
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Dec 23 2011
Britain’s love affair with our military is dangerous By George Chesterton, Friday 23 December 2011 06.00 EST … The only place you could be sure of seeing a British soldier used to be outside a pub in a garrison town at chucking-out time. Now there are soldiers on talent shows, parading in sports stadiums and …
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