Jun 10 2011
St Francis of Assisi: a saint for our times By Heather McDougall, Thursday 9 June 2011 11.43 BST … We are living through cuts to services and benefits that will disproportionately affect the poor. We have also seen a hysterical response to protest and dissent from some sections of society. Concern for the poor is …
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Jun 08 2011
Worshipping the Irrational Jesus By Mark Osler, 06/ 8/11 11:42 AM ET … I recently heard a radio preacher explain how it was OK to be rich — that, in fact, it was a mark of being blessed by God. It was a rational argument. It is just common sense, after all: If God likes …
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Jun 05 2011
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. – Isaiah 2:4 (King James Version) Khalil Rabah, from “BIPRODUCT,” 2010. http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201103/doha.s.new.modern.htm or http://bit.ly/jHKLC3 or http://tinyurl.com/3jsahv2
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Jun 05 2011
The following comments, now updated a bit, were first submitted by email at the end of April. They were promptly lost (raptured into the ether?) and I was asked to resubmit or write about something else. But before I could decide, President Obama gleefully served up the pandering Donald’s pampered posterior on a platter at the …
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Jun 03 2011
Manuel Zelaya’s courageous homecoming By Amy Goodman, Wednesday 1 June 2011 14.34 BST … While most in the United States were recognising Memorial Day with a three-day weekend, the people of Honduras were engaged in a historic event: the return of President Manuel Zelaya, 23 months after being forced into exile at gunpoint in the …
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Jun 03 2011
So Glenn Beck Thinks He’s A Prophet Now? By Andy Newbold, June 02, 2011 3:17 pm ET … Today, Mediaite reported that the last episode of Glenn Beck’s daily Fox News show will air on June 30. That news may just have driven Beck over the edge. On his radio show today, Beck told his …
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Jun 01 2011
“Freedom for Palestine” Makes Glenn Beck Cry By soysauce for Adalah — A Just Middle East, Fri Jun 03, 2011 at 08:16 AM PDT … In a recent diary, simone daud introduced us to a new UK song, “Freedom for Palestine”. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V28HnPTYz-I[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V28HnPTYz-I The song was written by Dave Randall of the UK dance band, Faithless, …
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