Feb 11 2012
Jesus, the Dead Dog and Recognizing the Presence of God Everywhere By Omid Safi, 02/10/2012 9:31 am … There are many tales about the life of Christ that circulated orally in the ancient Near East and never made it to the canonical Gospels. Some of the loveliest of these tales remained oral for centuries, and …
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Feb 11 2012
Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups By Glenn Greenwald, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:59 AM 17:56:22 CST … One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization under …
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Feb 11 2012
The neocons’ big Iran lie By Matt Duss, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:00 AM 17:10:12 CST … In February 2003, less than a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Gen. Eric Shinseki told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that “Something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers” would be required …
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Feb 11 2012
John McCarthy knows the value of history By Robert Fisk, Saturday 11 February 2012 … How come people like historical memory holes? I’m moved to ask this question by the Lebanese Minister of Culture, Gaby Layoun, who said last week that “the Cedar Revolution does not exist”. He’s decided, in fact, to erase it from …
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Feb 10 2012
Most of Obama’s “Controversial” Birth Control Rule Was Law During Bush Years By Nick Baumann, Wed Feb. 8, 2012 2:10 PM PST … President Barack Obama’s decision to require most employers to cover birth control and insurers to offer it at no cost has created a firestorm of controversy. But the central mandate—that most employers …
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Feb 08 2012
What To Do About Violent Biblical Texts? By Philip Jenkins, 02/ 3/2012 4:11 pm … Every few weeks, it seems, Islam makes headlines in the U.S., whether the topic is a television show like All-American Muslim, a state prohibiting Sharia law, or just a grandstanding platform statement in a primary. No less predictable are the …
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Feb 05 2012
The opposition in Syria needs our help, and now By Joan Smith, Sunday 05 February 2012 … Here is the brutal truth about Syria: no one knows what to do. Six months after Barack Obama said bluntly that Bashar al-Assad should go, and with the Arab League calling for him to resign, there is no …
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