Mar 25 2012
What Would Jesus Brew? Lots, beer makers say By Amanda Greene, March 23 … All this talk of beer was making the former seminarian thirsty. “Cheers,” said assistant brewer Christopher McGarvey, taking a sip from his pint of golden ale. Then he continued his lecture on the history of beer in ancient Samaria to a crowd …
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Mar 25 2012
The False Debate About Attacking Iran By Nicholas D. Kristof, March 24, 2012 … I wonder if we in the news media aren’t inadvertently leaving the impression that there is a genuine debate among experts about whether an Israeli military strike on Iran makes sense this year. There really isn’t such a debate. Or rather, it’s …
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Mar 24 2012
The War On Religion Does Not Exist By Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, 03/23/2012 6:40 pm … Apparently, attempts are underway to open a new front in the supposed “war on religion” in my home state of Louisiana as it takes center stage in the presidential primary season. Truth be told, from what I have …
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Mar 24 2012
War on Iran? It is too soon to reminisce about Iraq, let alone have a repeat By Marina Hyde, Friday 23 March 2012 16.30 EDT … The thing about a supertanker is that at least you can turn it round. It takes a while, by all accounts, but you have to think any such vessel …
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Mar 23 2012
Syria’s refugees remind us of the price of revolution By Jonathan Jones, Friday 23 March 2012 07.12 EDT … Here is the truth about revolution, war, dictatorship and resistance. It is a simple truth and it is crushing: people suffer. In this powerful picture by Greek photojournalist Giorgos Moutafis a refugee family in Janoudia in …
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Mar 23 2012
‘Belambai’ is Afghanistan’s ‘My Lai’ By Paul Rosenberg, 21 Mar 2012 13:07 … He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you – Friedrich Nietzsche I immediately thought of the My Lai Massacre …
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Mar 21 2012
Madness is not the reason for this massacre By Robert Fisk, Saturday 17 March 2012 … I’m getting a bit tired of the “deranged” soldier story. It was predictable, of course. The 38-year-old staff sergeant who massacred 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, near Kandahar this week had no sooner returned to base than the …
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