Sep 12 2012
The provocateurs know politics and religion don’t mix By Robert Fisk, Thursday 13 September 2012 So another internet clever-clogs sets the Middle East on fire: Prophet cartoons, then Koranic book-burning, now a video of robed ‘terrorists’ and a fake desert. The Western-Christian version of al-Qaida then goes into hiding (an essential requisite for publicity) …
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Sep 12 2012
Interfaith Misunderstanding in America By Brian D. McLaren, 09/10/2012 12:30 pm It’s been a great year for interfaith misunderstanding in America. There was a U.S. senator’s wild allegation about Islamic extremists infiltrating the American government. There are the ridiculous — and ongoing — claims about a conspiracy to “impose sharia law in America,” starting …
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Sep 12 2012
Hitchens’ “Mortality” evokes an unforgettable voice By Hussein Ibish, September 11, 2012 Narratives about dying are among the least appealing genre of memoir. Whether first-person or narrated by some long-suffering beloved, it seems almost impossible to strike a tone that is sufficiently moving and engaging, while simultaneously avoiding the maudlin, predictable or downright dull. …
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Sep 12 2012
The Mind Thieves By George Monbiot, September 10, 2012 When you raise the subject of over-eating and obesity, you often see people at their worst. The comment threads discussing these issues reveal a legion of bullies, who appear to delight in other people’s problems. When alcoholism and drug addiction are discussed, the tone tends …
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Sep 12 2012
The Lord is watching Dear editor: This letter is for the evangelicals, those who have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, adhering to the New Testament as their source for moral and ethical guidance. Let me ask you a question. How can you continue to be a Democrat? The 2012 Democratic National Convention didn’t …
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Sep 09 2012
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital By Matt Taibbi, August 29, 2012 7:00 AM ET The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn’t stand for anything. He’s a flip-flopper, they say, a lightweight, a cardboard opportunist who’ll say …
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Sep 08 2012
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/07/national_reviews_ryan_romney_cover_resembles_soviet_propaganda/ or http://bit.ly/PPzGSg
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