My great sorrow goes to the people of Iran, who deserve much better. When the war criminals in this country stole an election, it resulted in the horrible war on Iraq, the end of the rule of law that made torture a policy of this formerly decent country, and worldwide disaster economically.

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In 1995, more than 160 people were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing.  Right-wing talk show hosts blamed Middle Eastern terrorists, “towelheads“, as they put it, for the deadly act.  Of course, it turned out they were absolutely wrong–the main culprit was Timothy McVeigh, a radical anti-government extremist with ties to the militia movement.

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I was not raised religiously, and, for many years, did not know very much about various religious beliefs.  I was interested in politics, and much of what I thought I knew about Christianity came from Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and other religious right wingers.

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Apartheid is dead in South Africa, but a new version of white supremacy lives on.

“During apartheid the racism of white people was up front, and we knew what we were dealing with. Now white people smile at us, but for most black people the unemployment and grinding poverty and dehumanizing conditions of everyday life haven’t changed,” a black South African told me. “So, what kind of commitment to justice is under that smile?”

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