Mar 25 2013
History Channel’s The Bible series is worse than reality TV By Alan Yuhas, Monday 25 March 2013 09.15 EDT The History Channel more or less abandoned the pretext of history years ago. As programs like “UFO Hunters”, “Swamp People” and “Hairy Bikers” added up, the network’s decision to broadcast The Bible as a mini-series …
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Mar 24 2013
Gordon Cosby’s Jesus By Dean Snyder, March 21 Years ago when I was trying to figure out how to be a faithful and effective pastor in the city where I served at the time, I traveled to Washington, D.C., more than once to spend an hour or two talking to Gordon Cosby, who died …
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Mar 24 2013
Iraq: ‘You didn’t fall… we pushed you’ By Alia Brahimi, 21 Mar 2013 11:06 “Are you here to work or… work?” a Basra airport security guard asked sympathetically. I was standing on a small wooden platform behind a flimsy curtain, as she waved her hand-held metal detector across my body. She had guessed my …
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Mar 24 2013
Iraq and the reinvention of reality By Sarah Kendzior, 24 Mar 2013 10:35 The worst thing about the Iraq war was not that people got away with lying. It was that they did not – and it did not matter. The 10th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq was a week of media …
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Mar 23 2013
What America Learned in Iraq By John A. Nagl, March 19, 2013 The costs of the second Iraq war, which began 10 years ago this week, are staggering: nearly 4,500 Americans killed and more than 30,000 wounded, many grievously; tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis wounded or killed; more than $2 trillion in direct …
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Mar 23 2013
The Crucifixion of Tomas Young By Chris Hedges, Mar 10, 2013 I flew to Kansas City last week to see Tomas Young. Young was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004. He is now receiving hospice care at his home. I knew him by reputation and the movie documentary “Body of War.” He was one of …
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Mar 23 2013
The Iraq War Was My Fault By Wes Magruder, March 23, 2013 I remember what it felt like ten years ago this week. The dread had been building for months. The sabers had been rattling for some time. Though there were certainly plenty of folks who were ready to “finish off the job” that …
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