Category: Culture

We have radically to rethink

Mourning John Hick: One of the Greatest Theologians of Our Time By Joe Winkler, 02/14/2012  5:45 pm … With a deep sadness in my heart, I write of the recently deceased Christian theologian John Hick. I feel utterly unqualified to provide a proper eulogy, or even the requisite encomium for one of the 20th centuries …

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Something agile and wise

Freedom of religion is freedom from religion By Bill Moyers, Thursday, Feb 16, 2012 3:00 PM 18:46:13 CST … The president did something agile and wise the other day. And something quite important to the health of our politics. He reached up and snuffed out what some folks wanted to make into a cosmic battle …

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Bark the loudest

Santorum mangles the Founding Fathers By Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg, Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012 2:45 PM 20:36:56 CST … Each time presidential candidate Rick Santorum rears his righteous head, it is to exploit a social issue that is of no import in a national election.  But he knows that the way to keep the …

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My heart is still young

Letters raise fears for last Briton in Guantanamo By Paul Calahan, Monday 13 February 2012 … On the day he marks 10 years locked inside the world’s most notorious prison without having been charged with an offence, the last UK resident in Guantanamo Bay pleads with his captors: “Please torture me in the old way …

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Yes, we do indeed have enough

Committees Announced by Burton Dasset, Monday, 13 February 2012 … It was Eileen who asked me to carry out an audit on the governance of the Beaker Folk. “Burton,” she said, “don’t we have a few too many committees? Naturally I rushed off to draw a diagram. And I have listed below the current Beaker …

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A brilliant repression

Mount Hermon’s pure snow can’t hide Israel’s dark past By Gideon Levy, 04:42 12.02.12 … These are wonderful days at Jabal al-Shaykh. It’s high season, ideal conditions and the visibility is excellent. Thousands of Israelis spent their weekend there, and the weather forecast for the next few days is promising. It’s just the name, Jabal …

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Who will fight the war Netanyahu wants?

Will AIPAC and Bibi get their war? By MJ Rosenberg, 12 Feb 2012 12:07 … These are strange times for those of us who follow the debate about a possible war with Iran. It is clear that the Israeli government and its neoconservative camp followers here in the United States are increasing pressure on President …

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