Quotes from the Early Church Writers on Military Service By Tad Delay, June 10 2012 … I recently finished a paper on the teaching of the early church fathers regarding military service. This list used to be one of the more popular on a previous iteration of my site, so I’m posting it (updated/cited) again. …
Category: History
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Jun 12 2012
As natural as the way we think
Why Shakespeare is … Palestinian By Amir Nizar Zuabi, Monday 11 June 2012 10.10 EDT … It is a well-known fact that Shakespeare is a Palestinian. And when I say “is” I do mean “is”, not “was”. The man might have been born in Stratford-upon-Avon four centuries ago, but he is alive and well today …
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Jun 12 2012
Among informed and honest observers
Should we call it apartheid? By Omar Baddar, June 11, 2012 … Among informed and honest observers, there is no dispute that Israel is imposing a separate and grossly unequal system of ethnic discrimination on the Palestinians, most blatantly in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Setting aside the complex system of discrimination within Israel itself, …
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Jun 10 2012
Terror Tuesday
Praying at the Church of St. Drone By Tom Engelhardt, 7:51am, June 5, 2012 … Be assured of one thing: whichever candidate you choose at the polls in November, you aren’t just electing a president of the United States; you are also electing an assassin-in-chief. The last two presidents may not have been emperors or …
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Jun 10 2012
The human propensity to follow
The Milgram Experiment in Syria By Robin Yassin-Kassab, June 10, 2012 … It has thrown students out of top-floor windows. It has shelled cities from the land and from the air. It has raped women and men and tortured children to death. Now with the massacres at Howleh and Qubair – in which Alawis from …
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Jun 08 2012
Claims of a frontier battle
Far-right Europeans and Israelis: this toxic alliance spells trouble By Rachel Shabi, Wednesday 6 June 2012 12.15 EDT … Last month, demonstrations against African refugees in Tel Aviv turned violent. Protesters looted shops, broke windows and firebombed buildings, including a nursery. Days ago, arsonists torched the home of 10 African migrants in Jerusalem, injuring four, …
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Jun 08 2012
And the beat goes on
By Monsieur d’Nalgar, Friday June 8, 2012 … This rant emanates from a Facebook conversation today that followed Maha’s lament. Maha is a Palestinian woman who is frustrated with her Israeli friend. Seems that this friend is blind to historical realities of indigenous villages and peoples systematically erased from the ancient landscape by a new …
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