Feb 09 2014
More Guantanamo and global warming, less Amanda Knox and Justin Bieber By Christian Christensen, 06 Feb 2014 11:31 Amanda Knox has, with her second “guilty” verdict for the murder of Meredith Kercher, re-entered our media landscape. There is nothing inherently wrong with some coverage of the Knox case, but the level of exposure afforded …
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Feb 09 2014
A clue as to why the Shin Bet might hack me By Jonathan Cook, 7 February 2014 I have been pondering – probably more than is wise – what happened yesterday, when I lost control of my computer for an hour shortly after I had contacted the Israeli prime minister’s spokesman for a comment …
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Feb 08 2014
Did the Age of Genocide Begin in Sochi? By Joshua Keating, Feb. 5 2014 3:51 PM Of the myriad controversies surrounding the upcoming Olympics, one that’s gotten relatively little attention—at least outside Russia—is the ongoing campaign against the games by the global Circassian community. The choice of Sochi as a venue has highlighted a …
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Feb 04 2014
Rep. Paul Ryan is a very stupid man By Hunter, Mon Feb 03, 2014 at 12:27 PM PST I lived through the Iran Contra incident, and I have lived through a president declaring a new executive privilege to torture. I was alive when Oliver North put on a nice clean suit and testified in …
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Feb 04 2014
Understanding the faith of Cathy McMorris Rodgers By Matthew S. Rindge (Religion News Service), January 31 SPOKANE, Wash. — The Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech introduced many Americans to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. While those of us in Spokane are already familiar with our congresswoman, little is known about her alma …
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Feb 02 2014
Read Genesis carefully Dear editor: Re. Everette West, Daron McClain and whoever else believes in an eternal hell, there is no such place. The scriptures teach that hell was created for the devil and his angels and anything that was created has an end. And there is life after we leave here. And all …
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Feb 01 2014
New Atheism’s big mistake: Debating creationists solves nothing By Sean McElwee and Abigail Salvatore, Saturday, Feb 1, 2014 09:30 AM CST Bill Nye and Ken Ham will be debating creationism on Feb. 4, and it’s a bad idea for both scientists and Christians. Ham’s young-earth creationism represents the distinct tendency of American Christian fundamentalists …
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