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Economic Inequity, Manufactured Populism

Glen Beckand the Bigot-Whisperers of the Right
by Phil Rockstroh

I was born, at slightly past the midpoint of the Twentieth Century, in the deep south city of Birmingham, Alabama- "The Heart of Dixie." My earliest memories are of a time of societal upheaval and cultural trauma. At the time, as the world witnessed and history chronicles, Birmingham could be an ugly, mean place. My father, employed at the time as a freelance photo-journalist, would arrive home from work, his clothes redolent of tear gas, his adrenal system locked in overdrive, his mind reeling, trying to make sense of the brutality he witnessed, perpetrated by both city officials and ordinary citizens, transpiring on the streets of the city.

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Christian theologian Craig Blomberg

Craig L. BlombergIt was very sad that Quran was burnt

Craig L. Blomberg is the Distinguished Professor of the New Testament, and has been a New Testament scholar since 1986 at the Denver Seminary in Colorado. Denver Seminary where Prof. Blomberg teaches is an evangelical graduate-level institution that was founded in 1950. Blomberg delivers speeches and writes on a number of Christianity, religion-related issues regularly. He has published several books on the New Testament of which we can name "From Pentecost to Patmos: An Introduction to Acts Through Revelation" and "The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel: Issues and Commentary". He specializes in the parables and the writings of Luke-Acts.

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The Taliban: Forced Into Negotiation While Winning?

David Petraeusby Ivan Eland

Although David Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan, recently peddled the notion that senior Taliban chieftains had made contact with senior Afghan government officials about the possibility of starting reconciliation talks, such talk of peace in our time is likely to be hype.

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Netanyahu humiliates Obama again

Obama was told that Israel would only extend the settlement freeze if he was friendlier to Netanyahuby MJ Rosenberg

The Obama administration's attempts at seducing Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, are getting embarrassing. Netanyahu has made it very clear he is not interested.

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New Internet Censorship Bill Introduced

social-mediaLike most others in Congress, Senator Patrick Leahy is no progressive. He voted to fund imperial wars, regressive Obamacare, Wall Street-friendly financial reform, and other pro-business measures, including agribusiness-empowering bills, harming small farmers and consumers.

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