Aug 11 2013

Up to the very last day

Holocaust facts: Where does the figure of 6 million victims come from?

By , Aug. 11, 2013 4:57 PM   One of the most well-known, if not iconic, facts known about the Holocaust is the number of Jewish victims…  [more]

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Aug 10 2013

Enjoy your August

The biggest threat to America? The size of its own military budget

By , Friday 9 August 2013 09.30 EDT   Dear America: I know you’ve got a lot on your mind these days. Work is a drag;…  [more]

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Aug 09 2013

The worth of a word

A Cold Current

By Jesmyn Ward, August 7, 2013, 8:13 pm   DeLisle, Miss. There are moments from childhood that attract heat in our memories, some for their sublime brilliance, some for their malignancy. The first time that I…  [more]

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Aug 08 2013

Beg, borrow or steal

A ‘fatberg’ in the sewers? What a waste

By , Thursday 8 August 2013 11.51 EDT   A colossal “fatberg” of wet-wipes, sanitary products and food fat clogging a Kingston sewer threatened to send raw sewage spurting into …  [more]

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Aug 08 2013

This very same pile

Richard Dawkins’ tweets on Islam are as rational as the rants of an extremist Muslim cleric

By , Thursday 8 August 2013 13.13 EDT   Today is the first day of Eid, the end of the fasting…  [more]

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Aug 08 2013

We were always together

Reunited After 50 Years, An Algerian Buena Vista Social Club Makes Its U.S. Debut

By , August 08, 2013 2:00 AM   Stories of old friends finding each other again aren’t all that surprising in the age of…  [more]

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Aug 04 2013

It never resided here

We can’t lose a democracy we never had

By Tsafi Saar, Aug. 4, 2013 3:41 AM   Many dirges have been heard lately lamenting the death of democracy on account of the governability law that passed its first reading in…  [more]

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