Category: Culture

A ploy to remain relevant

Bachmann defends her witch hunt By Alex Seitz-Wald, Monday, Jul 16, 2012 04:07 PM CDT   Rep. Michele Bachmann defended her attempt to root out “deep penetration” by the Muslim Brotherhood into the U.S. government Friday, writing a 16-page letter explaining and expanding on her initial charges against Huma Abedin and others of being terrorist …

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Delusions of grandeur, coupled with paranoia

Confronting Pamela Geller By Harris Zafar, 07/13/2012  7:14 am   “As a Jew, I am offended to my core. Muslims have no right to invoke Moses and Abraham. This is a delegitimization of Judaism. It is offensive and vile. And while Jesus is not my guy, the same thing goes for him. It is a …

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Understand what’s at stake

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2m0uAYNnwY[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2m0uAYNnwY The real battle in 2012 By Robert Reich, Thursday, Jul 12, 2012 08:41 AM CDT   It’s not merely Republicans versus Democrats, or conservatives versus liberals. The larger battle is between regressives and progressives. Regressives want to take this nation backward — to before Social Security, unemployment insurance, and Medicare; before civil rights …

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Poor and white in this part of the world

Woody Guthrie at 100: the return of a pariah By Billy Bragg, Thursday 12 July 2012 16.30 EDT   The construction team that kept hammering away all night outside my hotel window in downtown Tulsa are gone by the morning, the fierce glare of the Oklahoma summer forcing them into the shade to rest. A …

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A man’s place

10 reasons Why Men Should Not Be Ordained For Ministry By Eugene Cho, 04-30-2012 4:34pm   In light of some recent intense posts – Ultimate Fighting Jesus and Conversation with Rob Bell (re: women in ministry), this list is too funny not to share. But the brutal fact is that the matter of gender violence …

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The list ain’t pretty

Ten Cliches Christians Should Never Use By Christian Piatt, 07-06-2012 9:03am   We Christians have a remarkable talent for sticking our feet in our mouths. When searching the words most commonly associated with “Christian,” the list ain’t pretty. I think part of this can be attributed to a handful of phrases that, if stricken from our …

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Extreme global fantasy, with consequences

The Military Solution By Tom Engelhardt, 9:51AM, July 05, 2012   Americans may feel more distant from war than at any time since World War II began.  Certainly, a smaller percentage of us — less than 1% — serves in the military in this all-volunteer era of ours and, on the  face of it, Washington’s constant …

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