Jul 13 2012

Understand what’s at stake

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The real battle in 2012

By Robert Reich, Thursday, Jul 12, 2012 08:41 AM CDT   It’s not merely Republicans versus Democrats, or conservatives versus liberals. The larger battle is between regressives and progressives. Regressives want to take…  [more]

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Jul 13 2012

Poor and white in this part of the world

Woody Guthrie at 100: the return of a pariah

By , Thursday 12 July 2012 16.30 EDT   The construction team that kept hammering away all night outside my hotel window in downtown Tulsa are gone by the…  [more]

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Jul 06 2012

A man’s place

10 reasons Why Men Should Not Be Ordained For Ministry

By Eugene Cho, 04-30-2012 4:34pm   In light of some recent intense posts – Ultimate Fighting Jesus and Conversation with Rob Bell (re: women in ministry), this list is…  [more]

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Jul 06 2012

The list ain’t pretty

Ten Cliches Christians Should Never Use

By Christian Piatt, 07-06-2012 9:03am   We Christians have a remarkable talent for sticking our feet in our mouths. When searching the words most commonly associated with “Christian,” the list ain’t pretty. I…  [more]

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Jul 06 2012

Extreme global fantasy, with consequences

The Military Solution

By Tom Engelhardt, 9:51AM, July 05, 2012   Americans may feel more distant from war than at any time since World War II began.  Certainly, a smaller percentage of us — less than 1% — serves…  [more]

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Jul 06 2012

Standard Tea Party agitprop

Dinesh D’Souza’s “2016″: Feature-length Obama hate

By , Friday, Jul  6, 2012 06:45 AM CDT   Dinesh D’Souza knows the value of a good controversy. After all, he has made a career of lobbing ideological hand grenades. In…  [more]

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Jul 05 2012

They like authority

Religious right’s new rivals

By , Wednesday, Jul  4, 2012 03:30 PM CDT   At the Iowa Republican State Convention earlier this month, Ron Paul supporters walked away with 23 of the 28 delegates headed to the Republican…  [more]

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