Was Democracy Just a Moment? By Robert D. Kaplan, Friday, December 16, 2011 … IN the fourth century A.D. Christianity’s conquest of Europe and the Mediterranean world gave rise to the belief that a peaceful era in world politics was at hand, now that a consensus had formed around an ideology that stressed the sanctity …
Category: History
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Dec 15 2011
Dona nobis pacem
Peace on earth? The end of the Iraq war By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, 11:01 AM ET, 12/15/2011 … “Peace on earth!” (Luke 2:14) heralded the angels, announcing the birth of Jesus. It is appropriate, in this Advent season, when Christians wait for the announcement of the birth of Jesus, that we also receive the formal announcement …
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Dec 14 2011
Outposts forever and Palestine Never
Newt Gingrich may be able to occupy Palestine, but Israel can’t By Bradley Burston, 15:17 13.12.11 … Speaker Gingrich, if you’re serious about becoming president, it’s time that you got to know us a bit better. Let’s start with the Occupation, our 44-year-long experiment in re-inventing the Palestinian people. This is what you need to …
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Dec 14 2011
1992 jeremiad
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Dec 14 2011
Who are we?
Newt, Mitt, Bibi and Vladimir By Thomas L. Friedman, December 13, 2011 … I have a simple motto when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I love both Israelis and Palestinians, but God save me from some of their American friends — those who want to love them to death, literally. That thought came to …
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Dec 12 2011
Enormous self-regard
Newt, the Jews, and an “Invented” People By David Remnick, December 11, 2011 … Late last week, as part of a Republican pander-fest for the Jewish vote—what Jon Stewart aptly called a “tuchus kiss-off”—Newt Gingrich, the frontrunner in Iowa and South Carolina, turned on the spigot of his pedantry and called the Palestinians an “invented” …
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