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Thursday, September 7, 2006

Leaving the Left

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Erstwhile British leftist Stephen Pollard issues his declaration of independence from his former associates. Here's what he calls his Ma...

American Muslims

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Stories like this one about the attitudes of American Muslims toward terrorism are heartening.

Young People and the Church

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Commonweal , a Catholic magazine on religion, politics, and culture, has a piece by Dennis Doyle that probably captures the experience of m...
Wednesday, September 6, 2006

Neutralizing the Chinese Threat

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Strategy Page brings us up to date on the latest developments in President Bush's missile defense program: The latest test of the Am...

Rocket Ride

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Our media, unfailingly skeptical about anything our administration, or that of our allies, has to say about the various struggles in the Mid...

Why We Can't Leave

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Last week I posted an article titled Living in a Fantasy World in which I argued that the opponents of the president are reluctant to offer...
Tuesday, September 5, 2006

The Advantage of Playing Away

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Strategy Page makes the interesting point that: Since the United States took the offensive in the war on terror, nearly all the Islamic ...

The Mystery of Consciousness

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Robert Wright interviews evolutionary icon John Maynard Smith on the mystery of consciousness and seems driven toward the conclusion that pe...

Barely Juvenile

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This article prompts us to ask what message, exactly, is walking around in one's altogether supposed to send? Does a naked body make so...

Alienating Religious Moderates

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Slate's Amy Sullivan laments the rapid drop-off in the polls of those who believe that the Democratic party is "friendly" to...
Monday, September 4, 2006

Speaking PoMo

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College students who wish to impress their post-modern professors with their ability to master the art of speaking PoMo might try this site ...

Parody

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The satirical ScrappleFace has some "comments" from Nancy Pelosi on the anniversary of Katrina and a few remarks by President Bus...

The Long March

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Christianity Today has an interesting interview with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff in which Kristoff, no friend of orthodox Ch...

Big Loser

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Amir Taheri writes that Hezbollah has been severely shaken by the recent unpleasantness with Israel and that the ramifications of this will...
Sunday, September 3, 2006

Inside a Cell

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Mike Gene at Telic Thoughts tells us that: One of the best scientific animations ever can be found here . It illustrates the process of...

What's Really Going On?

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The bottom line for much that is going on in the Middle East today may be found at the link below. You may want to read this excerpt server...
Saturday, September 2, 2006

Fighting Terrorism With Non-Violence

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Sojourners magazine ran a column recently by David Cortright which lays out a case for adopting a non-violent strategy against terrorism. A...
Friday, September 1, 2006

Just One Truth Among Many

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Karen Armstrong of the Guardian writes a column in which she makes a plea for better understanding of the different religious worldviews t...

Living in a Fantasy World

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Take any critic of the administration's Middle East policy, and, after he has gone through the entire list of what the Bushies have done...

Bummed Out Bushaphobes

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I haven't written much on the Valerie Plame business because I thought it was very much ado about nothing much at all. The Bushaphobes h...