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Dec 27 2011
The well is deep
The Means Determine the End
By Harry Emerson Fosdick, Living Under Tension, 1941, Harper and Brothers, New York and London, pages 102 – 111. … EVERYONE knows how commonly our high determinations peter out. We resolve that we will… [more]
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Dec 27 2011
With us always
Why we still can’t talk about slavery
By Peter Birkenhead, Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011 12:00 PM 13:11:06 CST … The menu at the Cabin was long, one of those unwieldy, laminated mega-menus that grace the tables of roadside diners… [more]
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Dec 27 2011
Fully entitled to ask
Romney’s Mormon Problem
By Christopher Hitchens, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, at 11:05 AM ET … I have no clear idea whether Pastor Robert Jeffress is correct in referring to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more colloquially… [more]
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Dec 26 2011
Choose your theocracy
Ultra-Orthodox spit on “immodest” 8-year-old girl in Beit Shemesh
By Ami Kaufman, Sunday, December 25 2011 … Naama Margolis, an 8-year-old from Bet Shemesh, is the most famous girl in Israel today… … …read entire story at +972 … [more]
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Dec 25 2011
The really weird stuff
How to argue with right-wing relatives
By Alex Pareene, Sunday, Dec 25, 2011 8:00 AM 17:20:33 CST … There comes a time at most large family gatherings when a heated political argument breaks out. And by “heated political argument”… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2011/12/25/the-really-weird-stuff/
Dec 25 2011
Make the next year count
Fear Dec 21, 2012?
By Jason Boyett, 03:49 PM ET, 12/21/2011 … Today is December 21, 2011. A host of Web sites, books, and breathless cable documentaries are speculating that the world will come to an end a year… [more]
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