Category: History

It never resided here

We can’t lose a democracy we never had By Tsafi Saar, Aug. 4, 2013 3:41 AM   Many dirges have been heard lately lamenting the death of democracy on account of the governability law that passed its first reading in the Knesset this past week. There is reason to lament; it is indeed a bad …

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A microcosm of Jerusalem

Who is ‘Judaizing’ King David’s Tomb? By Nir Hasson, Aug. 3, 2013 5:12 AM   A serious act of vandalism, a string of coincidences, and a decision by the Israel Antiquities Authority have combined to change the character of King David’s Tomb on Mt. Zion from a Muslim site into a synagogue. On Tuesday this …

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Il n’y a que moi qui a toujours raison

Benjamin Franklin to the Federal Convention 17 Sept. 1787  Farrand 2:641–43   The engrossed Constitution being read, Docr. Franklin rose with a speech in his hand, which he had reduced to writing for his own conveniency, and which Mr. Wilson read in the words following. Mr. President I confess that there are several parts of …

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Deep down, we long for Jesus

Why millennials are leaving the church By Rachel Held Evans, July 27th, 2013 08:33 AM ET   At 32, I barely qualify as a millennial. I wrote my first essay with a pen and paper, but by the time I graduated from college, I owned a cell phone and used Google as a verb. I …

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The seduction of good sound bites

Helen Thomas taught me that being liked isn’t everything By Courtney E Martin, 25 Jul 2013 14:03   It was supposed to be our big, bonding moment – the veteran White House correspondent and the young, plucky blogger unite on stage, join the mutual admiration club, and reassure the audience that the world is not …

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There are two things that will change the world

The Betrayal of Helen Thomas By Barbara Lubin and Danny Muller, July 23, 2013   When the news spread through Washington this weekend that the unwavering, pioneering journalist Helen Thomas had died, there must have been a collective sigh of relief throughout the halls of Washington. News articles and obituaries are obligatorily mentioning her retirement …

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Modern ideologies masquerading

The myth of the 1,400 year Sunni-Shia war By Murtaza Hussain, 09 Jul 2013 11:14   During the period of European rule over Rwanda, the Belgian colonial administrators of the territory accomplished an extraordinary feat in their subjugation of the local population – the deliberate manufacture of new ethnic divisions. By formulating ethnic categorisations based …

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