Most of these fundamentalists are illiterate

Pluralism was once the hallmark of the Arab world, so the exodus of Christians from the Middle East is painful to one Islamic scholar

By Robert Fisk, Sunday 23 February 2014   Tarif Khalidi is a big, bearded bear of…  [more]

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Your state and culture as the world’s patron

Ted Cruz’s imperialist fantasy: Why his latest anti-Obama epithet is so dangerous

By , Saturday, Feb 15, 2014 08:30 AM CST   In the wake of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, Sen. Ted Cruz…  [more]

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The premise that the Jews deserve more

Say a big ‘thank you’ to Martin Schulz

By , Feb. 14, 2014 7:25 PM   A bit of disclosure: First, to me, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett (Habayit Hayehudi) is one of the shallowest people I’ve ever encountered…  [more]

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Verisimilitudinous

The Old Testament’s made-up camels are a problem for Zionism

By , Thursday 13 February 2014 08.59 EST   There are 21 references to camels in the first books of the Bible, and now we know they are…  [more]

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The temptation to fudge

Why the Christian right’s persecution fantasies are so dangerous

By , Friday, Feb  7, 2014 07:52 AM CST   Christian conservatives feel aggrieved and they want to be heard. The problem is that their specific grievance—that everyone else…  [more]

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Their need for protection is all the greater

The number of women sentenced to death across the Middle East has very little to do with justice

By Robert Fisk, Sunday 9 February 2014   The execution of women holds a special revulsion for Westerners, especially – let us…  [more]

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Tradition is the narcotic of our rulers

Philip Seymour Hoffman is another victim of extremely stupid drug laws

By , Thursday 6 February 2014 10.05 EST   Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death was not on the bill. If it’d been the sacrifice of Miley Cyrus or…  [more]

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