Category: Culture

Cowpeace

The emotional depth of a cow By Hannah Velten, Thursday 7 July 2011 06.59 BST … Who would think that beneath that calm exterior there is a boiling mass of emotions? I’m not talking about Wimbledon champions here, but cows. Yes, cows; those creatures that we eat, and take milk from, but rarely think about. …

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Nothing better to do

For God’s sake – stop talking By Cliff Schecter, 04 Jul 2011 17:11 … Lately, there would seem to be a whole lot more people who have a direct channel to the Big Guy Upstairs than one could have humanly thought possible. It is oft-said that “God works in mysterious ways”. But when Michele Bachmann hears …

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Two preachers walk into a bar…

Baptist, Presbyterian congregations brew a thriving ‘pub-lic’ ministry By Erin Dunigan, June 21, 2011 … A pub is not necessarily the first place you’d expect to find a Southern Baptist pastor and a Presbyterian minister leading a conversation about faith and spirituality. But every Thursday night in Bellaire, Mich., you’ll find the Revs. Corey Lecureux …

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Teabagger’s lament

Monsieur d’Nalgar’s introduction:  This Fourth of July ramble, a tear-stained xenophobic summation of just about everything she thinks is wrong with America (according to her spoon-fed propaganda), appeared on page 6A of today’s Sentinel Record.  Enjoy. Protect our America … Dear editor: My fellow Americans, where are our heroes? Some are easy to identify. Some wear uniforms, badges …

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And they that wasted us

… … Do the faithful need a new National Anthem? By Martha Woodroof, 09:34 PM ET, 07/02/2011 … … Oh what a patriotic tempest a small Anabaptist Indiana teapot of a college has provoked: … Goshen College Board of Directors ask for alternative to playing the national anthem GOSHEN, Ind. — The Goshen College Board …

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American mythology

Five myths about the American flag By Marc Leepson, June 10, 2001 … Americans love our flag. We display it at concerts and stadiums to celebrate, and at times of national tragedy to show our resolve. We have our schoolchildren pledge allegiance to it; we have consecrated it in our national anthem; we have a …

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Make the bastard scream

The blood of Dresden By pulsemedia.org, June 25, 2011 at 10:08 pm … Following is an extract from Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut in which he describes the scenes of ‘obscene brutality’ he witnessed as a prisoner of war in Dresden which inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five. … It was a routine speech we …

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