Mar 23 2011
The sanctity of the soaring Qassam By Amira Hass, 00:56 23.03.11 … The Hamas authorities once again forgot that the neighbor/occupier to its east is crazy. Fact: Over Shabbat, Hamas’ military wing fired more than 50 mortar shells at Israel. Or perhaps it didn’t forget: Perhaps it merely thought the Palestinian people in Gaza were …
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Mar 19 2011
First it was Saddam. Then Gaddafi. Now there’s a vacancy for the West’s favourite crackpot tyrant By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 19 March 2011 … So we are going to take “all necessary measures” to protect the civilians of Libya, are we? Pity we didn’t think of that 42 years ago. Or 41 years ago. Or… …
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Mar 19 2011
Unanswered questions on Japan’s suffering By Giles Fraser, Saturday 19 March 2011 … Sometimes, it is better to do without. Sometimes, want is good for you. These are the familiar messages of Lent. Allowing a particular desire to go unmet may have short-term pain. But the longer-term gain is that we get to examine the …
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Mar 18 2011
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUEGHdQO7WA[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUEGHdQO7WA TEDxPSU – A Radical Experiment in Empathy By Sam Edwards, October 10, 2010 Sam Richards is a sociologist and award-winning teacher who has been inspiring undergraduate students at Penn State since 1990. Every semester, 725 students register for his Race and Ethnic Relations course, one of the most popular classes at Penn State …
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Mar 16 2011
Sharia threat bandwagon just keeps rolling on By Sarah Posner, Wednesday 16 March 2011 16.26 GMT … When South Carolina Republican Jeff Duncan went on a tirade about sharia law threatening the constitution at Peter King’s hearing on “The Extent of Radicalisation in the Muslim Community” last week, he provided a telling window into the …
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Mar 12 2011
Eye of the Newt By Gail Collins, March 11, 2011 … The presidential race is barely under way, but already we have had our first Big Thought. I am speaking, of course, of Newt Gingrich’s suggestion that he was driven into serial adultery by hard work and patriotism. “There’s no question that at times in my …
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Mar 06 2011
King James Bible: ‘Twas a work most modern By Stephen Tomkins, Tuesday 1 March 2011 13.05 GMT … Everyone from Richard Dawkins to Sarah Palin seems agreed that the King James Bible is Basically A Good Thing and wishes it many happy returns. It’s more majestic than modern translations, easier to follow than Shakespeare, has enlivened …
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