Sep 12 2012
Hitchens’ “Mortality” evokes an unforgettable voice By Hussein Ibish, September 11, 2012 Narratives about dying are among the least appealing genre of memoir. Whether first-person or narrated by some long-suffering beloved, it seems almost impossible to strike a tone that is sufficiently moving and engaging, while simultaneously avoiding the maudlin, predictable or downright dull. …
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Sep 12 2012
The Lord is watching Dear editor: This letter is for the evangelicals, those who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, adhering to the New Testament as their source for moral and ethical guidance. Let me ask you a question. How can you continue to be a Democrat? The 2012 Democratic National Convention didn’t …
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Sep 06 2012
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cEwnivdr0[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cEwnivdr0 In caving on Jerusalem, Dems pulled back the curtain on the lobby By Philip Weiss, September 6, 2012 Last night was an amazing moment at the Democratic National Convention; for an instant, we saw the Israel lobby naked on the national stage. When party bosses stuffed the phrase, “Jerusalem is and will remain …
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Sep 03 2012
Cruel Conservatives Throw a Masquerade Ball By Maureen Dowd, September 1, 2012 MESSAGE: They care. Republicans care deeply. They really do. They care deeply about making us think that they care deeply. That’s why they knocked themselves out producing a convention that was a colossal hoax. They did that for us. Because they care. …
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Sep 03 2012
In the Shadow of Fiction: How Television Is Making (Up) Muslim History By Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, 31/08/2012 In Channel 4’s Islam: the Untold Story, aired 28 August, British writer Tom Holland – garbed Indiana Jones-style in billowing shirt and trusty hat – treks across the Arabian desert, talking to local Bedouins, and inspecting …
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Sep 03 2012
Not all Republicans are Islamophobes but all Islamophobes are Republicans By Faheem Younus, 05:49 PM ET, 08/29/2012 The straw man of the famous post-Sept. 11 slogan, “Not every Muslim is a terrorist but every terrorist is a Muslim” was debunked by a 2005 FBI report. It showed that only 6 percent of terrorist attacks …
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Sep 03 2012
Why Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan believe wealthiness is next to godliness By Diane Roberts, Saturday 1 September 2012 10.00 EDT God loves Republicans, as they’ll be the first to tell you. A Florida pastor is taking credit for praying Hurricane Isaac away from the Republican national convention. Instead, the wind and water went …
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