The seven laws of Noah?

No charges on ‘racist’ King’s Torah text

By Donald Macintyre, Wednesday 30 May 2012 Israel’s Attorney General has decided not to prosecute two rabbis who wrote a controversial religious text proposing circumstances in which it is permissible to…  [more]

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We huffed and puffed

The West is horrified by children’s slaughter now. Soon we’ll forget

By Robert Fisk, Tuesday 29 May 2012 Bashar al-Assad will get away with it. He got away with Deraa. He got away with Homs. And he’ll get away…  [more]

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So long, Doc!

Folk musician Doc Watson dies in NC hospital at 89

May 29, 2012, 6:57 PM EST Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning  folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists  around the world for more than a half-century,…  [more]

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Loretta Lynn’s birth certificate

Back to the birth certificate

Dear editor: Con-tra-dic-tion: A denial of the truth. The Associated Press published a picture of Loretta Lynn’s birth certificate, which supposedly proves she is actually three years older than she claims to be. Wow!…  [more]

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Talk about shared values

Not All Israeli Citizens Are Equal

By Yousef Munayyer, May 23, 2012 I’m a Palestinian who was born in the Israeli town of Lod, and thus I am an Israeli citizen. My wife is not; she is a…  [more]

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An ideology of ethno-racial chauvinism

On “Israel’s Right to Exist”

By Sheldon Richman, Monday, May 21st, 2012 When I posted Sharmine Narwani’s provocative article “Excuse Me, But Israel Has No Right to Exist” on Facebook, I got an inappropriate reaction from libertarians. It…  [more]

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If only

US war veterans tossing medals back at Nato was a heroic act

By , Monday 21 May 2012 04.35 EDT “No amount of medals, ribbons, or flags can cover the amount of human suffering caused by this…  [more]

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