Oct 13 2013
Rand Paul’s strategic Islamophobia By Alex Pareene, Friday, Oct 11, 2013 12:57 PM CDT For normal Americans, the annual Values Voters Summit is an opportunity to take a look at the Republican Party and be appalled and amused at how vehemently anti-modernity and hysterically bigoted it remains despite basically all demographic trends. For Republican …
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Oct 03 2013
The Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism By Morgan Guyton, 10/01/2013 9:48 am On the eve of our government shutdown, I wanted to do some research into the theological roots of Senator Ted Cruz, the standard-bearer of the Tea Party Republicans behind the shutdown. I’m interested in understanding what account of Christianity creates the …
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Sep 24 2013
On laws that must be broken By Ilana Hammerman, Sep. 24, 2013 6:36 AM “Legally mandated destruction.” That is how Haaretz’s editorial on Sunday described the destruction of the village of Khirbet Makhoul in the Jordan Valley. “The structures in question are unlawful and were built without construction permits. The structures were demolished in …
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Sep 14 2013
The Memories Museum of Dr. Mohammed al-Khatib By Yazan al-Saadi, Wednesday, August 7, 2013 In the midst of one of the many cramped and crowded alleyways of Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp, close to qa’at al-sha’ab, or the people’s hall, is a brown metal door leading to a ground-floor apartment. On the old door, …
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Sep 07 2013
Iran, not Syria, is the West’s real target By Robert Fisk, Friday 30 August 2013 Before the stupidest Western war in the history of the modern world begins – I am, of course, referring to the attack on Syria that we all yet have to swallow – it might be as well to say that …
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Sep 07 2013
Wall keeping Palestinian ill-treatment out of sight is really in Israeli minds By Giles Fraser, Friday 6 September 2013 14.29 EDT Most Jerusalemites couldn’t find Shu’fat refugee camp on the map or give you any sort of directions. Yet it’s less than three miles from the Western Wall, fully within the municipality of Jerusalem …
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Aug 11 2013
Holocaust facts: Where does the figure of 6 million victims come from? By Haaretz, Aug. 11, 2013 4:57 PM One of the most well-known, if not iconic, facts known about the Holocaust is the number of Jewish victims killed by Nazi Germany up through the end of World War II. Perhaps not surprisingly, it …
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