Jan 01 2013
Does Arab progress founder on an ossified language? By Robert Fisk, Monday 31 December 2012 I’ve heard all kinds of reasons for the Arab-Israeli failure to agree on UN Security Council Resolution 242 – because the Arabic text calls upon Israel to withdraw from ‘the lands occupied by Israel in 1967’ (including the West Bank, …
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Dec 29 2012
The Jewish people’s ultimate treasure hunt By Ofer Aderet, Dec.28, 2012 9:12 AM “Just imagine a group of blind people who encounter an elephant for the first time in their lives. They place their hands on it and touch it in order to understand what kind of animal it is. But each of them …
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Dec 24 2012
The idolatry of the gun By Valerie Elverton Dixon, 06:49 PM ET, 12/21/2012 In their first extended statements since the mass shooting in Newton, Conn., National Rifle Association representatives, advocated armed guards in schools. In their mind, this was the most immediate step that the nation ought to take to protect our children. But …
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Dec 22 2012
The disproportionate value of Israeli life By Belen Fernandez, 22 Dec 2012 13:03 Following the conclusion of Operation “Pillar of Defence”, Israel’s latest bout of terror in Gaza, Israeli journalist Gideon Levy wrote in Ha’aretz: Since the first Qassam rocket fell on Israel in April 2001, 59 Israelis have been killed – and 4,717 …
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Dec 21 2012
Transcript: Kathleen T. McFarland talks with Gen. David H. Petraeus McFarland: I’ve got something to say to you, by the way, directly from Roger Ailes. Petraeus: Oh, at .?.?. with no one else in the room? I hope? Q: Well, you know. .?.?. You guys have ears? Or your ears are dead? No. …
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Dec 20 2012
From “Operation Wetback” To Newtown: Tracing The Hick Fascism Of The NRA By Mark Ames, Dec 17th, 2012 Las Vegas, NV: I’ve been writing about these rampage murders for about a decade now, but Friday’s rampage massacre was Different. So I’m going to approach this piece somewhat Differently than I usually do — I’m …
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Dec 19 2012
Lesley Hazleton at TEDxRainier: “Muhammad, You and Me” By Garibaldi, 08 December 2012 Lesley Hazleton, one of our favorite “anti-Loons” describes herself as the “Accidental Theologist” by which she means that even though she is an agnostic Jew she is fascinated by religion, theology and faith. Her fascination with religion has led her in …
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