Category: War

The only humane response

Guantánamo piled lie upon lie through the momentum of its own existence By Julian Glover, Monday 25 April 2011 … Let them read the documents. Let them try to tell us after that (as some still do, even now) that the Afghan war was fought well, and fought morally; that Guantánamo was a limited and …

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Dungeons and dragons

What the Guantanamo leaks won’t reveal By Darryl Li, 25 Apr 2011 19:28 … In the coming days, many will pore over the Guantánamo files released by Wikileaks to find startling revelations or to justify pre-existing positions. But before diving in, it may help to reflect on a few things that may not be explicit …

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Easter: hats, bunnies, eggs and hallelujah?

What’s good about Good Friday? By Susan Brooks Thislethwaite, Friday, April 22, 2011 … The word “good” in “Good Friday” is actually an older way of saying “pious” or “holy.” In the Christian tradition, this is a holy day that marks the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth by the Romans on Friday, April 3, in …

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If it bleeds it leads

Ghosts will haunt Libya for decades By Patrick Cogburn, Sunday, 24 April 2011 … In Baghdad at the end of last year, Waled Hamid brought a peculiar court case against a man who had sold him a house. Mr Hamid said the vendor failed to tell him that the house was haunted and was in …

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Megalomessianic meddling

300 Goats and Sheep, 20 Slaughterers, One Willful Rabbi By Nathan Jeffay, April 13, 2011 (issue of April 22, 2011) Jerusalem — Making Seder for the extended family seems like child’s play compared with Rabbi Yehudah Glick’s Passover preparations. The New York-born Glick is getting ready to lead world Jewry in a Paschal sacrifice April …

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Defending Constantine

Church and Empire By C.H.Featherstone, Thursday, March 17, 2011 … One of the things Pete Leithart is trying to do with his book, Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom, is to question Mennonite John Howard Yoder’s ideas on the “Constantinian Deal,” the arrangement between the church and the imperial …

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Patronizing myths die hard

Arabs Give Neocons a Reality Check By James Zogby, 04/16/11 09:44 AM ET … While much of what has come to be known as “the Arab Spring” remains a work in progress, there can be no doubt that a new dynamic has been unleashed across the region — one that will have a profound impact …

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