Feb 18 2012
The US in a ‘dangerous state of funk’ By Ian Buruma, 18 Feb 2012 13:48 … The eccentric Bengali intellectual Nirad C Chaudhuri once explained the end of the British Raj in India as a case of “funk”, or loss of nerve. The British had stopped believing in their own empire. They simply lost the …
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Feb 16 2012
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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Feb 16 2012
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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Feb 14 2012
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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Feb 13 2012
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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Feb 13 2012
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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Feb 12 2012
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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