Jul 16 2011
Arabic for right-wingers By Justin Elliott, Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 21:01 ET … In a now infamous column, the writer Eliana Benador argued this week that Anthony Weiner (who is a Jew) may have converted to Islam but was hiding it from the world in accordance with the practice of “taqiyya.” “It is also important, …
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Jul 15 2011
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Jul 15 2011
Jesus: please fix Texas because Governor Perry can’t By Susan Brooks Thislethwaite, Jul 13, 2011 10:34 AM … Texas Governor, and possible GOP presidential candidate, Rick Perry has endorsed ‘The Response’ a prayer event scheduled for August 6 in Texas. “As a nation, we must come together and call upon Jesus to guide us through …
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Jul 09 2011
2,000 Years of Popes, Sacred and Profane By Bill Keller, July 7, 2011 … John Julius Norwich makes a point of saying in the introduction to his history of the popes that he is “no scholar” and that he is “an agnostic Protestant.” The first point means that while he will be scrupulous with his …
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Jul 08 2011
No Mistake: Why Michele Bachmann Is Trying to Rewrite History By Spencer Critchley, 7/3/11 08:24 PM ET … The media have had a good time lately with Michele Bachmann’s double-down gaffe about how the Founding Fathers, including an eight-year-old John Quincy Adams, “worked tirelessly” to end slavery, despite writing it into the Constitution and owning …
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Jul 08 2011
How the religious right distorts history By Susan Jacoby, 01:31 PM ET, 07/06/2011 … On the Fourth of July, the Today show featured an annual ceremony at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home, in which hundreds of immigrants take the oath that makes them naturalized citizens of the United States. Such occasions are always moving, as I can …
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Jul 08 2011
Largely forgotten now (or intentionally ignored), this cautionary tale is excerpted from Silvano Barruso’s account of the amazing, audacious Wörgl experiment. Had it been allowed to continue, the world today might be a radically different (and better) place. As Børre wrote this morning, “In this age of collective despondency, at least on the part of those of who remember …
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