Jan 28 2014

And yet here we are

The Selective Secrecy Of Bill De Blasio

By Andrew Sullivan, Jan 24 2014 @ 7:56pm   If you were to describe the Israel lobby as a secretive group that enforces the policies of the Israeli government on American politicians in…  [more]

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Jan 23 2014

What immeasurable folly!

Shall The Fundamentalists Win?

Preached by Harry Emerson Fosdick, May 21, 1922   One could easily let his imagination play over this scene and could wonder how history would have come out if Gamaliel’s wise tolerance could have controlled…  [more]

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Jan 20 2014

Bane of fundamentalism

  Dear editor: Historians will surely look back on this generation as an age when ignorance and silliness trumped reason and progress.  Ours is a time pregnant with potential, yet scarred and crippled by war, greed and prejudice.  Why? I’ll…  [more]

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Jan 15 2014

Megalomaniac

 

Why I can’t mourn for Ariel Sharon

By , Jan. 14, 2014 5:28 PM   Ariel Sharon’s death brings no closure for me. And I suspect that’s the case for many other veterans of the 1982 Lebanon…  [more]

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Dec 26 2013

We have Jesus all over

The Muslim Story Of Christmas

By , December 16, 2013   She was alone, as she was wont to do, worshiping in the eastern section of the temple. Suddenly, she was startled by a strange presence: a man with…  [more]

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Dec 24 2013

I’m sorry

A Christmas apology, and the seeds of hope

By Rachel Held Evans, December 23rd, 2013 03:29 PM ET   This week we celebrate Christmas, and as a Christian, I want to say I’m sorry. I’m sorry that this season has…  [more]

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Dec 22 2013

The socks won’t help

And Now This Filthy Flood

By Mohammed Omer, Sunday, December 22, 2013   GAZA CITY , Dec 20 2013 (IPS) – Wearing tattered shoes and hopping between dirty puddles, 14-year-old Sabeh manages to find his way to the market…  [more]

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