Aug 31 2011
The Tea Party has a point about religion and the founding fathers By Theo Hobson, Wednesday 31 August 2011 12.30 BST … There’s a presidential election coming up and, what do you know, the religious right is going to be a pretty important factor. It’s time to brush up on all that separation of church …
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Aug 27 2011
…stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame. (from a hymn by George Bennard, 1873-1958) … For at least the last two thousand years, Jerusalem (Yerushaláyim or al-Quds) has been in the business of building tourist attractions for religious pilgrims. Shiny, hi-tech Davidson Center, not far from the spot Constantine’s mother pegged as Golgotha, …
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Aug 17 2011
Dear Yankee By Paul Burk, August 2011 … Here we go again. As you know, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, is contemplating a presidential run, which means that any day now, your boss will be sending you down here to take the measure of the man. Though he managed to avoid the 2012 spotlight …
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Aug 17 2011
Mr. Mileikowsky and the “seal of Netanyahu”: the perilous encounter between modern nationalism and ancient history By Hussein Ibish, August 17, 2011, 6:21pm … I may be trying people’s patience a little with my recent riff on nationalism in general, and particularly the Israeli and Palestinian versions, but further exchanges with some of my interlocutors, …
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Aug 16 2011
The sad facts behind Rick Perry’s Texas miracle By Harold Meyerson, Tuesday, August 16, 6:41 PM … Rick Perry’s Texas is Ross Perot’s Mexico come north. Through a range of enticements we more commonly associate with Third World nations — low wages, no benefits, high rates of poverty, scant taxes, few regulations and generous corporate …
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Aug 16 2011
Teavangelicals: in capitalism and free markets they trust By Anthea Butler, Monday 15 August 2011 12.21 BST … Charles Finney, the great 19th-century revivalist and evangelical, would have had a hard time preaching a revival in America today. Finney’s brand of evangelical fervour, called the “new measures”, emphasised saving souls and reviving worship by incorporating …
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Aug 14 2011
Norway’s terror, the world’s problem By Gerald Caplan, Saturday, August 13, 2011 12:32PM EDT … There are several things we must grasp if we’re ever going to understand what motivated Anders Breivik’s murderous rampage in Norway. As is well known now, Mr. Breivik was a devotee of those many strident voices on the web who …
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