Jun 18 2012
Tourists venture to West Bank to ‘shoot terrorists’ By Akiva Novick, 06.18.12, 13:31 Summer camp, warfare style: Like a frozen turkey plunged into boiling oil, a group of American tourists descend from an air-conditioned van into the scorching heat of the West Bank. Flashing smiles all around, they march into Caliber 3, a local …
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Jun 17 2012
David Barton’s Jefferson By Martin E. Marty, April 30, 2012 Our premier historian of late colonial and early republican America, Gordon Wood, while reviewing a book on Roger Williams warms up readers with references to Thomas Jefferson. “It’s easy to believe in the separation of church and state when one has nothing but scorn …
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Jun 16 2012
Christian missionary group with pig’s head taunt Arab-Americans at Dearborn festival By Niraj Warikoo, 12:59 PM, June 16, 2012 Tensions flared Friday evening at the annual Arab International Festival in Dearborn as members of some Christian missionary groups — including one called the Bible Believers — taunted Arab Americans with a pig’s head and …
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Jun 16 2012
Assad will breathe a sigh of relief at death of Arab Spring By Robert Fisk, Saturday 16 June 2012 The end of the Egyptian Revolution? I suppose we could have seen it coming; the marginalisation of the original rebels of Tahrir Square, fobbed off with a few trials, while the military encrusted themselves round …
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Jun 16 2012
44 Senators, including many Democrats, sign AIPAC letter to Obama against Iran negotiations By Philip Weiss, June 16, 2012 Obama Letter P5+1 Final A terrifying letter, signed by nearly half the Senate, Democrats and Republicans, pushing Obama toward war with Iran– and let’s see who is telling us about it. MJ Rosenberg a …
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Jun 14 2012
Quotes from the Early Church Writers on Military Service By Tad Delay, June 10 2012 … I recently finished a paper on the teaching of the early church fathers regarding military service. This list used to be one of the more popular on a previous iteration of my site, so I’m posting it (updated/cited) again. …
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Jun 14 2012
The Apostle Paul Was Not a Misogynist Homophobe By Aaron Taylor, 06/12/2012 7:00 am … Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “To be great is to be misunderstood.” If Emerson was right, then the Apostle Paul might be one of the greatest men to ever live. Few religious leaders have been as grossly misunderstood as Paul. Unlike …
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