Oct 13 2013

Embracing hysterical paranoia

Rand Paul’s strategic Islamophobia

By , Friday, Oct 11, 2013 12:57 PM CDT   For normal Americans, the annual Values Voters Summit is an opportunity to take a look at the Republican Party and be appalled and amused…  [more]

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Oct 06 2013

O ye beguilable humanitarians

Begging! — For Work.

  A man beseeching fellowman for work, for a chance to earn the means to keep the life within his frame, within the form of him or her he loves! What curst conditions cause such scene…  [more]

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Oct 05 2013

Always some prejudice or pretext of religion

A Correction

Van Buren, Ark., Aug. 25, 1902. A. M. Simons, Editor International Socialist Review.   My Dear Comrade:  The Cincinnati Enquirer, of the edition of August 22d, publishes a scare-head article anent my so-called resignation from the Catholic priesthood…  [more]

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Oct 03 2013

The end-time transfer of wealth

The Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism

By , 10/01/2013  9:48 am   On the eve of our government shutdown, I wanted to do some research into the theological roots of Senator Ted Cruz, the standard-bearer of the…  [more]

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Oct 03 2013

Not an idle question

Romans 1:26-27: A Clobber Passage That Should Lose Its Wallop

By , October 1, 2013   Whenever I’m debating with someone who authoritatively declares that the Bible condemns homosexuality, and who cites the infamous Romans 1:26-27 as…  [more]

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Sep 24 2013

How have we become so spineless?

On laws that must be broken

By , Sep. 24, 2013 6:36 AM   “Legally mandated destruction.” That is how Haaretz’s editorial on Sunday described the destruction of the village of Khirbet Makhoul in the Jordan Valley. “The…  [more]

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Sep 14 2013

And from every corner choking agony

Two old radios and a clock placed in one of the corners in the main room. (Photo: Marwan Thatah)
 

The Memories Museum of Dr. Mohammed al-Khatib

By Yazan al-Saadi, Wednesday, August 7, 2013   In the midst of one of the many cramped and crowded alleyways of Beirut’s Shatila refugee camp, close to qa’at al-sha’ab, or…  [more]

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