Just metaphors

The Not-so-Social Gospel

By James Martin, S.J., Thursday, August 23, 2012 02:32:05 PM   The Lazy Paralytic 1. When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at his home. 2. So many gathered…  [more]

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An ethos that will continue

A good Jew hates Arabs

By Zvi Bar’el, Aug.22, 2012 3:18 AM   The young criminals who mercilessly beat Jamal Julani and his cousins simply because they’re Arabs don’t live in settlements, haven’t occupied any cities and haven’t taken…  [more]

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The scourge of waste in government

Paul Ryan’s rage for the machine

By Cliff Schecter, 19 Aug 2012 17:12   About a week ago, it was impossible not to feel excitement in the air. Mitt Romney of the Caymans, it was whispered across the social…  [more]

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Perhaps it is just nicer being nice

There’s no anxiety in morphine dreams

By Harriet Walker, Sunday 19 August 2012   I have been sleeping in Technicolor this week, after another operation on my faulty leg – this time to remove  the titanium rod that has…  [more]

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Homegrown terror

Jerusalem ‘Lynching’ Raises Specter Of Anti-Palestinian Terrorism

By Zack Beauchamp, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:00 pm   Two separate attacks on Palestinians civilians Friday morning raise serious questions about rising anti-Palestinian radicalism among Israeli youth. In the first incident,…  [more]

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Fundamentally, all propaganda is drivel

Paul Ryan’s faith in Ayn Rand is a political problem for Romney

By , Monday 13 August 2012 11.46 EDT   When I was a teenager, my American girlfriend at the time gave me Ayn Rand’s cult novel…  [more]

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Porn for mean-spirited Republicans

In Romney’s America, Welfare Is for Losers

By , 08/13/2012  6:07 am   Mitt Romney would like you to know that he thinks poor people are con artists who don’t want to work, and he is intent…  [more]

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