Jul 04 2012

Even facts now have a point of view

Thomas Jefferson, our least Christian president

By Stephen Prothero, July 3 2012   During a recent trip to Washington, I took in two exhibits on Thomas Jefferson at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History: one on slaves at Monticello…  [more]

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Jul 04 2012

Uneasy patriot

Jackie Robinson on the 4th: The Prophet and the Flag

By , 07/05/2012 10:42 am   One of the quiet but powerful engines that drove Jackie Robinson’s passion for racial integration both on and beyond the baseball…  [more]

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Jul 04 2012

Love requires a response

Reborn on the 4th of July

By , 07/04/2012  8:18 am   Today marks my sixth rebirthday. In 2006, I was baptized and became a Christian in Honolulu, Hawaii. One week later, I would be told that my…  [more]

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Jul 04 2012

Whose taste it is to associate and amalgamate

Francis Scott Key on trial

By , Wednesday, Jul  4, 2012 06:30 AM CDT   In the final two days of U.S. v. Reuben Crandall, on April 25 and 26, 1836, Washington’s district attorney, Francis Scott Key,…  [more]

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Jul 04 2012

War’s a nasty thing

Anniversary of the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

Announced by Archdruid Eileen, Tuesday, 3 July 2012   And what lessons we have to learn from this most ironic of sea battles, in which the British sank a large part of the French …  [more]

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Jun 29 2012

A terrifying possibility

Why Is Sheldon Adelson Donating Millions to Romney? NYT: “His Disgust for a Two-state Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”

By , June 25th, 2012   During the height of Newt Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign, the Sheldon-Adelson-backed Republican candidate…  [more]

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Jun 29 2012

We cannot escape history

George W. Bush: Still the worst

By , Friday, Jun 29, 2012 06:30 AM CDT   In 2003, President Bush, then two years into his tenure, was asked by journalist Bob Woodward about his place in history. “History,”…  [more]

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