Sep 03 2012
Why I had no choice but to spurn Tony Blair By Desmond Tutu, Saturday 1 September 2012 The immorality of the United States and Great Britain’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003, premised on the lie that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, has destabilised and polarised the world to a greater extent than …
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Sep 03 2012
Republican religious fundamentalists would rewrite American history By Stephen Bates, Thursday 30 August 2012 09.00 EDT It is always good sport to tweak the noses of American religious fundamentalists, particularly at election time, and you can never say they don’t need tweaking, as the revelation that some of Louisiana’s schools are to benefit from …
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Sep 02 2012
Last edited by Monsieur d’Nalgar on September 9, 2012 at 4:18 pm. 1965 was an interesting year. The first American combat troops were sent to South Vietnam, Dylan went electric, Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston, MLK marched from Selma to Montgomery, and the first Charlie Brown Christmas aired on CBS. And by the …
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Aug 26 2012
Breivik was narcissistic and racist… but sane By Paul Vallely, Sunday 26 August 2012 So he was bad, not mad. It took an Oslo court 10 weeks to decide that the mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is sane and sentence him to 21 years in jail. Had he been declared insane he would have …
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Aug 25 2012
The importance of the Anders Breivik verdict reaches beyond Norway By Tad Tietze, Friday 24 August 2012 15.00 EDT There are many reasons to welcome the verdict in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik: that he is sane and legally responsible for the murder of 77 people – mostly members of the Norwegian Labour …
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Aug 25 2012
I believe in God. I don’t believe in God By Giles Fraser, Friday 24 August 2012 14.29 EDT When I was younger I worked for a while on a hospital psychiatric ward as an orderly. I distinctly remember this lovely former headmistress who was gripped by the unusual fear that her body was hollow …
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Aug 24 2012
The Not-so-Social Gospel By James Martin, S.J., Thursday, August 23, 2012 02:32:05 PM The Lazy Paralytic 1. When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at his home. 2. So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; …
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