Jul 28 2012
Syrian war of lies and hypocrisy By Robert Fisk, Sunday 29 July 2012 Has there ever been a Middle Eastern war of such hypocrisy? A war of such cowardice and such mean morality, of such false rhetoric and such public humiliation? I’m not talking about the physical victims of the Syrian tragedy. I’m referring …
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Jul 28 2012
I wish every church said what this church says in their bulletin … By Jon Acuff, July 25, 2012 It’s easy to poke fun at some of the things churches say on their welcome sign. It’s easy to question some of the things that make it inside a church bulletin. It’s easy to say …
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Jul 28 2012
Why Mitt screws up By Justin Frank, Saturday, Jul 28, 2012 06:00 AM CDT People are asking, “What’s with Mitt Romney’s trip to the London Olympics?” He has made so many gaffes that the Daily Mail’s political editor asked, “Do we have a new Dubya on our hands?” That question is most important for …
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Jul 28 2012
The art of religious sunbathing: giving up trying to be in control By Giles Fraser, Friday 27 July 2012 14.29 EDT Rowan Williams once brilliantly compared prayer to sunbathing. “When you’re lying on the beach something is happening, something that has nothing to do with how you feel or how hard you’re trying. You’re …
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Jul 28 2012
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSqkdcT25ss[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSqkdcT25ss Britain is an easy date. So how did Mitt Romney mess up so badly? By Jonathan Freedland, Friday 27 July 2012 17.00 EDT So the big surprise in the opening ceremony is not what I expected. I thought Danny Boyle would set aside three minutes for a lavish video tribute to Willard …
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Jul 28 2012
A shot in the dark By Roger Ebert, July 26, 2012 12:57 PM Catie and Caleb Medley went to the doomed midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” It was a movie they’d been looking forward to for a year, her father said. Gunfire rang out. The bullets missed Catie, who was pregnant. Caleb …
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Jul 28 2012
When soft power is hard By Richard Falk, 28 Jul 2012 10:17 There has been serious confusion associated with the widespread embrace of “soft power” as a preferred form of diplomacy for the 21st century. Joseph Nye introduced and popularised the concept, and later it was adopted and applied in a myriad of settings …
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