Nov 03 2010
Monsieur d’Nalgar’s note: The following reaction was set in motion by the arrival of a poem/article/essay by Ange Mlinko, entitled “Letter from Beirut.” It was published in the July/August 2010 issue of Poetry. The photo below (©2006 Derek Henry Flood) is of a woman looking at the destruction of Haret Hreyk after the ceasefire was declared on August …
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Oct 29 2010
“There can be no elegant solution to a poorly defined problem.” … Dear Friends: This past summer I was privileged to participate in a very small retreat with four friends who came from totally different professional backgrounds and walks of life — one a Christian minister who is president of a small liberal arts college, …
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Oct 22 2010
They’re trying to sell the Brooklyn Bridge again By Robert Fisk Saturday, 23 October 2010 Refusing to buy The Wall Street Journal, I sometimes sneak a look at copies that are left behind by other people. So it was last month when a friendly couple dumped their paper on the train seat opposite me. And …
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Oct 03 2010
I happened to notice The American Patriot’s Bible yesterday at our local Sam’s Club (a Costco-like retail warehouse owned and operated by Wal-Mart). Following are some of Greg Boyd’s thoughts about the flag-draped idolatry that Patriot’s Bible represents. Boyd is Senior Pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota and is President of Christus Victor Ministries. He is also …
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Sep 21 2010
MEC Analytical Group 21 September 2010 War talk We are grateful to Richard Dalton for bringing to our attention the account below of an exchange of views on 17 September on the prospect of another war between Israel and Lebanon. Jeffrey White of the generally pro-Israeli Washington Institute for Near East Policy (where the exchange …
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Sep 12 2010
Why does the US government think burning Qurans is less civilised than drone attacks on civilian populations?
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Sep 10 2010
Did 9/11 make us all mad? Our memorial to the innocents who died nine years ago has been a holocaust of fire and blood . . .
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