Jul 23 2011
The omnipotence of Al Qaeda and meaninglessness of “Terrorism” By Glenn Greenwald, Saturday, Jul 23, 2011 07:24 ET … (updated below) For much of the day yesterday, the featured headline on The New York Times online front page strongly suggested that Muslims were responsible for the attacks on Oslo; that led to definitive statements on …
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Jul 22 2011
Remembering Dorothy Day By Robert Ellsberg, 7/21/11 08:19 AM ET … I met Dorothy Day in the fall of 1975 when I was nineteen. I had taken leave from college and made my way to the Catholic Worker headquarters in New York City, drawn by a number of motivations. I was anxious to learn something …
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Jul 21 2011
Why Reinhold Niebuhr matters now By Sam Haselby, Thursday 21 July 2011 12.45 BST … In the US, a Reinhold Niebuhr revival is underway. It received a boost a few years ago when Senator John McCain and then Senator Barack Obama both cited the theologian as an important thinker on the role of the …
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Jul 18 2011
Stand up to Herman Cain’s bigotry By Eugene Robinson, Monday, July 18, 7:04 PM … It is time to stop giving Herman Cain’s unapologetic bigotry a free pass. The man and his poison need to be seen clearly and taken seriously. Imagine the reaction if a major-party presidential candidate — one who, like Cain, shows …
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Jul 18 2011
As the US nears the brink, the budget row is exposing Republican madness By Gary Younge, Sunday 17 July 2011 21.00 BST … Back in 2004 I met a pleasant Republican called Burton Kephart, who had lost his son in Iraq and wanted to save my soul. Opening his Bible at Matthew and Romans, he …
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Jul 17 2011
Jewish settlers are terrorising Palestinians, says Israeli general By Catrina Stewart in Jerusalem, Monday, 18 July 2011 … A senior Israeli army commander has warned that unchecked “Jewish terror” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank threatens to plunge the territory into another conflict. In unusually outspoken comments, Major General Avi Mizrahi took aim …
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Jul 17 2011
Republican with self-belief and God on his ticket By Rupert Cornwell, Sunday, 17 July 2011 … Are you of the view that the last thing the US wants is another swaggering, tax-cutting, God-fearing governor of Texas running for president? Think again. Unless he’s deliberately been leading everyone a barn dance these last couple of months, …
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