Aug 25 2012
The importance of the Anders Breivik verdict reaches beyond Norway By Tad Tietze, Friday 24 August 2012 15.00 EDT There are many reasons to welcome the verdict in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik: that he is sane and legally responsible for the murder of 77 people – mostly members of the Norwegian Labour …
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Aug 25 2012
I believe in God. I don’t believe in God By Giles Fraser, Friday 24 August 2012 14.29 EDT When I was younger I worked for a while on a hospital psychiatric ward as an orderly. I distinctly remember this lovely former headmistress who was gripped by the unusual fear that her body was hollow …
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Aug 24 2012
The Not-so-Social Gospel By James Martin, S.J., Thursday, August 23, 2012 02:32:05 PM The Lazy Paralytic 1. When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at his home. 2. So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; …
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Aug 21 2012
A good Jew hates Arabs By Zvi Bar’el, Aug.22, 2012 3:18 AM The young criminals who mercilessly beat Jamal Julani and his cousins simply because they’re Arabs don’t live in settlements, haven’t occupied any cities and haven’t taken control of any terraced hills in the territories. Perhaps they participated in one of those tours …
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Aug 19 2012
Paul Ryan’s rage for the machine By Cliff Schecter, 19 Aug 2012 17:12 About a week ago, it was impossible not to feel excitement in the air. Mitt Romney of the Caymans, it was whispered across the social media platforms and cable outlets, had chosen his potential successor, should he become our next commander-in-chief. …
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Aug 19 2012
There’s no anxiety in morphine dreams By Harriet Walker, Sunday 19 August 2012 I have been sleeping in Technicolor this week, after another operation on my faulty leg – this time to remove the titanium rod that has helped it heal so nicely and hoisted it back into a normal leg shape, so that …
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Aug 18 2012
Jerusalem ‘Lynching’ Raises Specter Of Anti-Palestinian Terrorism By Zack Beauchamp, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:00 pm Two separate attacks on Palestinians civilians Friday morning raise serious questions about rising anti-Palestinian radicalism among Israeli youth. In the first incident, a mob of Israeli Jewish youth surrounded three Palestinians walking in Jerusalem’s Zion Square and assaulted them, …
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