Just imagine

The Business of Kaboom

By Raouf Halaby, July 23, 2012   While surfing the cable news channels during the post noon hours of July 19, 2012, to catch up on the sordid danse macabre that is unfolding in Syria, I…  [more]

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Hobnobbing with the uber-rich

Ten reasons Mitt Romney’s Israel visit is in bad taste

By , Monday 30 July 2012 07.00 EDT   The trip of US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to Israel is in bad taste for lots of reasons.…  [more]

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Quelle horreur!

Syrian war of lies and hypocrisy

By Robert Fisk, Sunday 29 July 2012   Has there ever been a Middle Eastern war of such hypocrisy? A war of such cowardice and such mean morality, of such false rhetoric and such…  [more]

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Everyone changes

I wish every church said what this church says in their bulletin …

By Jon Acuff, July 25, 2012   It’s easy to poke fun at some of the things churches say on their welcome sign. It’s easy to question…  [more]

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Anxiety

Why Mitt screws up

By ,  Saturday, Jul 28, 2012 06:00 AM CDT   People are asking, “What’s with Mitt Romney’s trip to the London Olympics?” He has made so many gaffes that the Daily Mail’s political editor…  [more]

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Unaccustomed to the truth

The art of religious sunbathing: giving up trying to be in control

By , Friday 27 July 2012 14.29 EDT   Rowan Williams once brilliantly compared prayer to sunbathing. “When you’re lying on the beach something is happening,…  [more]

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A picture-perfect image of elitism

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Britain is an easy date. So how did Mitt Romney mess up so badly?

By , Friday 27 July 2012 17.00 EDT   So the big surprise in the opening ceremony is not what I expected.…  [more]

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