Dec 17 2011
Trial of the Will By Christopher Hitchens, January 2012 … Death has this much to be said for it: You don’t have to get out of bed for it. Wherever you happen to be They bring it to you—free. —Kingsley Amis Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn Suicide remarks are torn From the fool’s gold …
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Dec 16 2011
The parable of the allotments By Julian Baggini, Thursday 15 December 2011 12.53 EST … Last week I challenged the idea that religiosity is more about practice than belief with evidence that most religious people appear to have a large number of traditional beliefs which they take to be important. However, I suggested that there …
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Dec 16 2011
Was Democracy Just a Moment? By Robert D. Kaplan, Friday, December 16, 2011 … IN the fourth century A.D. Christianity’s conquest of Europe and the Mediterranean world gave rise to the belief that a peaceful era in world politics was at hand, now that a consensus had formed around an ideology that stressed the sanctity …
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Dec 15 2011
Peace on earth? The end of the Iraq war By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, 11:01 AM ET, 12/15/2011 … “Peace on earth!” (Luke 2:14) heralded the angels, announcing the birth of Jesus. It is appropriate, in this Advent season, when Christians wait for the announcement of the birth of Jesus, that we also receive the formal announcement …
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Dec 14 2011
Newt Gingrich may be able to occupy Palestine, but Israel can’t By Bradley Burston, 15:17 13.12.11 … Speaker Gingrich, if you’re serious about becoming president, it’s time that you got to know us a bit better. Let’s start with the Occupation, our 44-year-long experiment in re-inventing the Palestinian people. This is what you need to …
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Dec 14 2011
Newt, Mitt, Bibi and Vladimir By Thomas L. Friedman, December 13, 2011 … I have a simple motto when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I love both Israelis and Palestinians, but God save me from some of their American friends — those who want to love them to death, literally. That thought came to …
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