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Dec 28 2012
Prophylactic self-censorship
Hagel, the lobby and the limits of power
By Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, 28 Dec 2012 11:43 You have to do no more than watch this attack ad produced by the neoconservative pressure group the Emergency Committee for Israel … [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/12/28/prophylactic-self-censorship/
Dec 27 2012
The truest answer
Why, God?
By Maureen Dowd, December 25, 2012 When my friend Robin was dying, she asked me if I knew a priest she could talk to who would not be, as she put it, “too judgmental.” I knew … [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/12/27/the-truest-answer/
Dec 24 2012
Into a land of lies and distortions
The idolatry of the gun
By Valerie Elverton Dixon, 06:49 PM ET, 12/21/2012 In their first extended statements since the mass shooting in Newton, Conn., National Rifle Association representatives, advocated armed guards in schools. In their mind,… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/12/24/into-a-land-of-lies-and-distortions/
Dec 23 2012
Terror, terror, terror, terror
A word of advice about the Middle East – we’ve reached the ‘tipping point’ with cliches
By Robert Fisk, Sunday 23 December 2012 Remember the days when we thought Egypt’s path to democracy was a done deal? Western-trained … [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/12/23/terror-terror-terror-terror/
Dec 23 2012
The poet of God
What would Jesus think of Christmas today?
By Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Sunday 23 December 2012 A young man ran after me and tried in vain to get some change as I dashed through the doors of Bafta in… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/12/23/the-poet-of-god/
Dec 22 2012
Shock and anxiety syndrome
The disproportionate value of Israeli life
By Belen Fernandez, 22 Dec 2012 13:03 Following the conclusion of Operation “Pillar of Defence”, Israel’s latest bout of terror in Gaza, Israeli journalist Gideon Levy wrote in Ha’aretz: Since … [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/12/22/shock-and-anxiety-syndrome/