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Mar 03 2014
You don’t have to listen
Don’t listen to Obama’s Ukraine critics: he’s not ‘losing’ – and it’s not his fight
By Michael Cohen, Monday 3 March 2014 12.19 EST In the days since Vladimir Putin sent Russian troops into the Crimea, it has… [more]
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Feb 23 2014
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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Feb 15 2014
Your state and culture as the world’s patron
Ted Cruz’s imperialist fantasy: Why his latest anti-Obama epithet is so dangerous
By Colin P. Elliott, 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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Feb 15 2014
The premise that the Jews deserve more
Say a big ‘thank you’ to Martin Schulz
By Avraham Burg, 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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Feb 15 2014
Verisimilitudinous
The Old Testament’s made-up camels are a problem for Zionism
By Andrew Brown, 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]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2014/02/15/verisimilitudinous/
Feb 09 2014
The temptation to fudge
Why the Christian right’s persecution fantasies are so dangerous
By Amanda Marcotte, 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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