Oct 25 2011

That others may simply live

A Devotion for Wall Street

By , 10/25/11 11:20 AM ET … A reporter recently asked me, “As a Christian leader, does your faith have anything to say about Wall Street?”  I said, “How much time do you…  [more]

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Oct 25 2011

An alliance deepened by prejudice

India and Israel: a friendship deepened by prejudice

By , Tuesday 25 October 2011 06.25 EDT … In 1974, the New York Times journalist Bernard Weinraub described India as “the loneliest post in the world” for…  [more]

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Oct 23 2011

A debt to pay

Lessons in humanity from a Libyan family, a tale of Dickens from Cairo – and the wrong shark

By Robert Fisk, Saturday, 22 October 2011 … It’s an ill wind, etc. Today my thoughts are not with the Gaddafi family…  [more]

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Oct 22 2011

Death porn

Even Muammar Gaddafi deserved a private death

By ,Friday 21 October 2011 08.30 EDT … Western foreign policy in recent years has combined with the democratisation of filmed images to create a stark new problem for media organisations:…  [more]

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Oct 20 2011

We loved him. We hated him.

You can’t blame Gaddafi for thinking he was one of the good guys

By Robert Fisk, Friday, 21 October 2011 … We loved him. We hated him. Then we loved him again. Blair slobbered over him. Then we hated him…  [more]

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Oct 17 2011

Roll-a-pope

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Pope, 84, opts for wheeled platform at Mass

By Francis X. Rocca, Monday, October 17, 1:58 PM … VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI used a wheeled platform to move up the main aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica…  [more]

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Oct 17 2011

Emergency Committee For Israel

Occupy protest critics exploit anti-Semitism

By MJ Rosenberg, 16 Oct 2011 10:12 … An ugly old tradition is back: Exploiting anti-Semitism to break the backs of popular movements that threaten the power of the wealthiest one per cent of…  [more]

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