Category: War

Embracing hysterical paranoia

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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The end-time transfer of wealth

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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How have we become so spineless?

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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And from every corner choking agony

Two old radios and a clock placed in one of the corners in the main room. (Photo: Marwan Thatah)

  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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Before the stupidest Western war in the history of the modern world begins

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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This one will run and run

Does Obama know he’s fighting on al-Qa’ida’s side? By Robert Fisk, Tuesday 27 August 2013   If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured – for the very first time in history – that the United States will be on the same side as al-Qa’ida. Quite an alliance! Was it not …

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An endless gauntlet of potential calamities

A nation unhinged: Dispatches from “the nightmare war” By Tom Gallagher, Tuesday, Aug 13, 2013 01:12 PM CDT   We should make Nick Turse an honorary baby boomer for writing Kill Anything That Moves. A history of the Vietnam War that finds the My Lai massacre more the rule than the exception, this book is almost …

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