On Questioning the Jewish State By Joseph Levine, March 9, 2013, 7:30 pm I was raised in a religious Jewish environment, and though we were not strongly Zionist, I always took it to be self-evident that “Israel has a right to exist.” Now anyone who has debated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will have encountered this …
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Mar 16 2013
Galaxy of ecclesiastics
St. Patrick was a Baptist By Rev. John Summerfield Wimbish, D.D., March 12, 1952 SAINT PATRICK WAS A BAPTIST. After a cautious and critical study of reputable writings, I am thoroughly convinced that he was not affiliated in any way with the Roman hierarchy. It is indeed magnanimous of our Catholic …
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Mar 16 2013
What was common was humanity
Rachel Never Died By Aisha Aijaz, Mar 16th, 2012 Rachel Corrie, beautiful soul, born in Olympia, Washington was no ordinary child, no ordinary 23 year old student and no ordinary human being. And people, who are extraordinary, never die. They live for ever in the hearts and minds of their followers. They give direction …
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Mar 14 2013
Yesterday
My life without drugs By Russell Brand, Friday 8 March 2013 The last time I thought about taking heroin was yesterday. I had received “an inconvenient truth” from a beautiful woman. It wasn’t about climate change – I’m not that ecologically switched on – she told me she was pregnant and it wasn’t mine. …
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Mar 13 2013
The legality of retroactive abortion
A writer’s up, down digits Dear editor: I wonder if we letter writers have the privilege of expressing our own “Thumbs-ups” and “Thumbs-downs.” I would give a Thumbs-up to our tough Arkansas Republicans for having a lot more mettle and tenacity than the RINOs in Washington for protecting our unborn children. By the …
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Mar 06 2013
The most dangerous enemy
Bradley Manning’s American dream, if only… By Mark LeVine, 04 Mar 2013 15:10 Bradley Manning obviously still believes in America, in a country that cares about the rule of law, fairness and human rights for all. His naivete might well cost him his freedom for the rest of his life. Reading through Manning’s statement …
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Mar 04 2013
Our ethnic distinctions
Alawite history reveals the complexities of Syria that West does not understand By Robert Fisk, Monday 4 March 2013 In Syria these days, we are resorting to our racist little maps. The Alawite mountains and the town of Qardaha, home of the Assad family – colour it dark red. Will this be the last …
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