Sep 18 2011

We became terrorists too

A Decade After 9/11: We Are What We Loathe

By  Chris Hedges, September 11, 2001 … I arrived in Times Square around 9:30 on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. A large crowd was transfixed by the huge Jumbotron…  [more]

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Sep 18 2011

Spooky action at a distance

The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods and Other Quaint Remembrances from 1960s Mississippi: Thoughts on The Help

By Roxane Gay, August 17th, 2011 … When my brothers and I have a particularly frustrating day rife with racial insensitivity, we’ll…  [more]

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Sep 18 2011

The party of stupid

Egghead and Blockheads

By Maureen Dowd, September 18, 2011 … THERE are two American archetypes that were sometimes played against each other in old Westerns. The egghead Eastern lawyer who lacks the skills or stomach for a gunfight is contrasted…  [more]

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Sep 18 2011

A tragedy to watch

An American veto of Palestine statehood would be a tragedy

By , Saturday 17 September 2011 … Beneath the slogan: “Be on our side – we are on the side of peace and justice”, a couple of nice-looking…  [more]

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Sep 18 2011

Solitude and absurdity

All alone on Israel island

By Yousef Munayyer, 18 Sep 2011 14:21 … Solitude and Absurdity. Perhaps no two other words better described the scene at the United Nations earlier this year when US Ambassador Susan Rice raised her…  [more]

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Sep 18 2011

Straightforward common sense

Monsieur d’Nalgar:  Ray Close just forwarded the following letter, with this short introduction: A friend of mine, a retired U.S. ambassador, sent this excellent letter to President Obama yesterday. Straightforward common sense. Ray … Dear Mr. President: Just think for…  [more]

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Sep 16 2011

Authentic religious pluralism

Religious Tolerance: Karma, Christ, Whatever?

By , 9/16/11 01:17 PM ET … There was a time in American culture, only a few generations ago, when religious differences were major. Baptists were not Methodists, and both were definitely not…  [more]

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