Category: Culture

The very idea

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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