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Sep 03 2012
Moral superiority is often asserted
William Hague is wrong… we must own up to our brutal colonial past
By Owen Jones, Monday 03 September 2012 Remember all that national soul-searching and self-flagellation over Empire and all the horrors committed in its name? No,… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/09/03/moral-superiority-is-often-asserted/
Sep 03 2012
Defining what is and isn’t reality
Saving ‘Lyin’ Ryan’
By Mark Hertsgaard, 03 Sep 2012 09:40 No doubt about it, Paul Ryan’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention the other night was a daring display, especially for a guy with his last name.… [more]
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Sep 03 2012
The Grand Old Party illusion
Cruel Conservatives Throw a Masquerade Ball
By Maureen Dowd, September 1, 2012 MESSAGE: They care. Republicans care deeply. They really do. They care deeply about making us think that they care deeply. That’s why they knocked themselves out… [more]
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Sep 03 2012
Superficial fancies are so ridiculous
In the Shadow of Fiction: How Television Is Making (Up) Muslim History
By Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, 31/08/2012 In Channel 4’s Islam: the Untold Story, aired 28 August, British writer Tom Holland – garbed Indiana Jones-style in… [more]
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Sep 03 2012
Better bashed, than embraced
Not all Republicans are Islamophobes but all Islamophobes are Republicans
By Faheem Younus, 05:49 PM ET, 08/29/2012 The straw man of the famous post-Sept. 11 slogan, “Not every Muslim is a terrorist but every terrorist is a Muslim” was… [more]
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Sep 03 2012
God loves Republicans
Why Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan believe wealthiness is next to godliness
By Diane Roberts, Saturday 1 September 2012 10.00 EDT God loves Republicans, as they’ll be the first to tell you. A Florida pastor is taking credit… [more]Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2012/09/03/god-loves-republicans/