Jun 03 2012
Mythologizing Evolution By Karl Giberson, Ph.D, 05/31/2012 12:09 pm … A prominent new atheist blogger has just completed a week-long series paying homage to the great journalist H. L. Mencken, best known for his coverage of the 1925 Scopes Trial. The series represents ongoing efforts to enhance the mythology of evolution, efforts that have been …
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Jun 01 2012
Hymns to the Violence: The NYT’s Love Letter to Obama’s Murder Racket By Chris Floyd, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:21 … I must, at last, admit defeat. I simply have no words, no rhetorical ammunition, no conceptual frameworks that could adequately address the total moral nullity exposed in Monday’s New York Times article on the …
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May 30 2012
Preparing for Pentecost Announced by Archdruid Eileen (Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley), Saturday, 26 May 2012 … It looks like we’re all set for Pentecost then. The flame-throwers will be fired into the Moot House at a height of nine feet. This will enable us to provide that authentic “tongues of fire” effect without incinerating …
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May 30 2012
How Christian fundamentalists plan to teach genocide to schoolchildren By Katherine Stewart, Wednesday 30 May 2012 10.15 EDT … The Bible has thousands of passages that may serve as the basis for instruction and inspiration. Not all of them are appropriate in all circumstances. The story of Saul and the Amalekites is a case in …
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May 29 2012
The West is horrified by children’s slaughter now. Soon we’ll forget By Robert Fisk, Tuesday 29 May 2012 … Bashar al-Assad will get away with it. He got away with Deraa. He got away with Homs. And he’ll get away with Houla. So will the armed opposition to the regime, along with al-Qa’ida and any …
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May 26 2012
Back to the birth certificate … Dear editor: Con-tra-dic-tion: A denial of the truth. The Associated Press published a picture of Loretta Lynn’s birth certificate, which supposedly proves she is actually three years older than she claims to be. Wow! Big deal! It is common for a woman to keep her age secret. But does …
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May 20 2012
A Victory for All of Us By Chris Hedges, May 18, 2012 … In January, attorneys Carl Mayer and Bruce Afran asked me to be the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that challenged the harsh provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We filed the …
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