Oct 25 2010
Midterms: money changes everything By Cliff Schecter Last Modified: 25 Oct 2010 20:50 GMT “I went to the crossroad, fell down upon my knees.” This was the powerful first line of “Cross Road Blues” by 1930s blues legend Robert Johnson. It was later adapted into the song “Crossroads” by Eric Clapton’s Cream and a movie …
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Oct 23 2010
From Valerie Elverton Dixon’s October 21, 2010 post in The Washington Post’s “On Faith” column… … … If Jesus were running during this election cycle, he would be subject to attack ads. Imagine the possibilities. Imagine that the various towns named in biblical texts were in somewhere USA. … On foreign policy: A shot of the World Trade …
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Oct 22 2010
They’re trying to sell the Brooklyn Bridge again By Robert Fisk Saturday, 23 October 2010 Refusing to buy The Wall Street Journal, I sometimes sneak a look at copies that are left behind by other people. So it was last month when a friendly couple dumped their paper on the train seat opposite me. And …
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Oct 20 2010
Dear editor: When Mr. Obama was running for president his slogan was “Change – Yes We Can,” and did our country ever change! Now, as he backs his Democrat followers on the campaign trail, the new slogan is “Moving America Forward.” Since Obama took office, his administration has plunged our nation into a $3.45 trillion …
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Oct 10 2010
Test Your Savvy on Religion By Nicholas D. Kristof October 9, 2010 … Time for a pop quiz. The New York Times reported recently on a Pew Research Center poll in which religious people turned out to be remarkably uninformed about religion. Almost half of Catholics didn’t understand Communion. Most Protestants didn’t know that Martin …
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Oct 07 2010
This was sent to me today by Ilene Cohen, Executive Editor of World Politics, journal of Princeton’s Institute for International and Regional Studies. October 7, 2010 Here I am sitting in an office at Princeton University and I missed this incredible opinion column (following). Thanks to my friend Asli, sitting in her office at UCLA, …
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Oct 03 2010
I happened to notice The American Patriot’s Bible yesterday at our local Sam’s Club (a Costco-like retail warehouse owned and operated by Wal-Mart). Following are some of Greg Boyd’s thoughts about the flag-draped idolatry that Patriot’s Bible represents. Boyd is Senior Pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota and is President of Christus Victor Ministries. He is also …
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