Category: Culture

Everyone changes

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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Anxiety

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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Unaccustomed to the truth

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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A picture-perfect image of elitism

[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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Are we our brothers’ keepers?

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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The red meat of military adventures

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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Missing and distorted history

Fists of Freedom: An Olympic Story Not Taught in Schools By Dave Zirin, July 23, 2012 3:00 am PDT   It’s been almost 44 years since Tommie Smith and John Carlostook the medal stand following the 200-meter dash at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and created what must be considered the most enduring, riveting …

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