Mar 02 2012
We are fighting Islamism from ignorance, as we did the cold war By Simon Jenkins, Thursday 1 March 2012 15.00 EST … Were we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian communism and now the west against political Islam. The latter was caused by western leaders exaggerating a threat from …
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Mar 01 2012
Those defending US Constitution from sharia must have failed high school civics By Reza Aslan and Harris Zafar, February 29, 2012 … There are those who would have you believe that Islamic law, or sharia, is taking over America. They seem to allege that the 1 percent of the American population that is Muslim is …
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Mar 01 2012
Dear Friends: I think we can safely assume that every rabbi in America will instruct his congregation this Saturday along the lines of this artfully-crafted set of talking points (below). Every delegate to the AIPAC convention next week, and every member of both houses of Congress will undoubtedly receive a copy, as well. Phone calls …
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Feb 26 2012
America’s endless apocalypse By Matthew Barrett Gross and Mel Gilles, Sunday, Feb 26, 2012 1:00 PM 14:21:17 CST … Few of us can clearly make out the form of history until it is well behind us. That helps us understand why we still have not settled on a common name for the decade now receding behind …
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Feb 26 2012
By Eli Valley, March 02, 2012 … With nods to Stanley Kubrick and Cecil B. DeMille, the Forward’s artist in residence Eli Valley makes a choose-your-own adventure comic for Iran pundits. … http://forward.com/articles/151920/
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Feb 25 2012
Arizona’s House of Cards By David Weigel, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012, at 7:44 PM ET … PHOENIX—Rep. Ruben Gallego invites me into the Arizona House of Representatives, and I take a seat near the lobbyists. Half a dozen of them are in the well-upholstered lounge behind the floor where members work and vote. Gallego runs …
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Feb 25 2012
Ghastly Outdated Party By Maureen Dowd, February 25, 2012 … It’s finally sinking in. Republicans are getting queasy at the gruesome sight of their party eating itself alive, savaging the brand in ways that will long resonate. “Republicans being against sex is not good,” the G.O.P. strategist Alex Castellanos told me mournfully. “Sex is popular.” He …
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