Jul 04 2012
It was Zionism itself that Israel buried this week. Let it go. By Bradley Burston, Jul.03, 2012 1:36 PM It’s time to take a lesson from the successful. It’s time to begin thinking like Yitzhak Shamir. When he died this week, the first several people I spoke with, knowledgeable people who closely follow politics …
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Jul 04 2012
Thomas Jefferson, our least Christian president By Stephen Prothero, July 3 2012 During a recent trip to Washington, I took in two exhibits on Thomas Jefferson at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History: one on slaves at Monticello and the other on the cut-and-paste version of the Gospels known as the Jefferson Bible. …
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Jul 04 2012
Jackie Robinson on the 4th: The Prophet and the Flag By Michael G. Long, 07/05/2012 10:42 am One of the quiet but powerful engines that drove Jackie Robinson’s passion for racial integration both on and beyond the baseball diamond was a faith long nurtured in the black church — a prophetic faith that extolled …
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Jul 04 2012
Reborn on the 4th of July By Logan Mehl-Laituri, 07/04/2012 8:18 am Today marks my sixth rebirthday. In 2006, I was baptized and became a Christian in Honolulu, Hawaii. One week later, I would be told that my actions, as an active duty soldier facing a second deployment to Iraq, aided the enemies of …
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Jul 04 2012
Francis Scott Key on trial By Jefferson Morley, Wednesday, Jul 4, 2012 06:30 AM CDT In the final two days of U.S. v. Reuben Crandall, on April 25 and 26, 1836, Washington’s district attorney, Francis Scott Key, and defense attorney Richard Coxe addressed the jurors for the last time. The courtroom in City Hall …
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Jun 29 2012
Why Is Sheldon Adelson Donating Millions to Romney? NYT: “His Disgust for a Two-state Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” By David Harris-Gershon, June 25th, 2012 During the height of Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign, the Sheldon-Adelson-backed Republican candidate caused waves when he called the Palestinians an “invented people” and declared that the Palestinian Authority was …
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Jun 29 2012
George W. Bush: Still the worst By Robert Merry, Friday, Jun 29, 2012 06:30 AM CDT In 2003, President Bush, then two years into his tenure, was asked by journalist Bob Woodward about his place in history. “History,” he replied. “We don’t know. We’ll all be dead.” This is a remarkable statement from any …
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