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Pope Francis writes to David Cameron on G8
A few weeks ago David Cameron wrote to Pope Francis about the G8 leaders’ summit in Lough Erne, setting out his agenda for the global economy. He promised to maintain ring-fencing of the Overseas Aid budget (0.7% of GNI) and work toward ‘the common… Continue reading
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What You Mean, "Our" Bible, Kimosabe?
That’s what I was compelled to ask after Greg Carey mentioned that “many people ask about the literature that did not make it into our Bible, and [David A] deSilva [in his book The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude: What Early Continue reading
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Is Barack Obama’s former personal White House attorney Robert Bauer the man responsible for having the IRS target conservatives?
At this point we still do not know who is responsible for the IRS targeting scandal but if we believe the testimony of two lower level IRS employees from Cincinnati the order to target conservative came from on high. Because we have no answers we are left to speculate … Continue reading
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The Rise and Fall of Britpop – British Music in the 90′s and it’s last musical movement…
Let me take you back to a glorious time in the History of Great Britain. A time when we stopped fearing the Russians. A time when we stuck two fingers up at our American cousins. A time when we told those Australian … Continue reading
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I Used to Think All Authors Were Dead
When I was very young, one of my favorite toys was a card game, Game of Authors. It was a deck of cards consisting of eleven sets of four cards each representing the works of eleven famous authors. The object of the game was to form complete sets… Continue reading
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Vindication and justification for the Tea Party movement in one fell swoop
For many people on the left, the Tea Party movement remains something of an enigma; since the beginnings of the movement, such people have never been able to come to terms with it, to process it, to understand the real “why” behind it. … Continue reading
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Evangelising with a nail
From Brother Ivo: Whenever Brother Ivo puts his hand in his coat pocket to find his mobile phone, car keys or change for the parking meter, he finds a nail. It is about 3 inches long. He was given his nail last Good Friday and he put it … Continue reading
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News and Other Stuff 5.7.13
· Religion should be incorporated into “reality” television shows in order to increase understanding of other faiths, the Archbishop of Canterbury has claimed. The Most Rev Justin Welby, who was enthroned in March, warned of “dangerous” consequences if religion disappeared from television schedules. … Continue reading
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The Downside of Impartial Journalism
Journalists who work in democracies pride themselves on being neutral when they report on the news. Their goal is to present the most important sides of an issue so that the reader can interpret that information and take appropriate action. Instead of advocating one side or the other or letting … Continue reading
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Austerity Budgets for Fun and Profit
Conservatives, who were unaware that Fox ignored the fact that Dubya completely disregarded the principles of invasions established at the Nuremburg War Crimes Trials, have been very enthusiastic about the Fox effort to find out the facts about events related to an incident in Benghazi, Libya, which … Continue reading
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Politically motivated one-star reviews
A while back I wrote about the fact that some liberal readers had panned Dan Simmons’ book Flashback because it expresses conservative political values. Today we are going to revisit that topic. Here is a sampling from the 1-star reviews for… Continue reading
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My Personal Thoughts and Opinions on the upcoming book AMERICAN BUDDHIST By: Michael G. Stone
I have a strange feeling about this book. It is a good one also. American Buddhist. I love that title. The sound of it as I say it out loud just brings a solace of serene joy and passion to my ears. And I love it. Einstein said a few… Continue reading
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Frank Gutch Jr: Redefining (Or Maybe Taking a Closer Look at) Concept Albums… and Notes (as few as there are)!
Over forty years in the record business and I’m still agog at the conception of the industry from the outside. People think musicians are rich (or if not rich, well off, because otherwise they would not be able to support themselves, right?). People… Continue reading
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Tuesday’s conversation on writing
Catharine writes: Today we introduce the outstanding work of our long-time friend and colleague Clare Hallward of Montreal. She assisted Neil with the editing of at least 2 of his books, including ‘In The Stillness Dancing’ when it needed to be cut by 1/3 to keep down costs – she was … Continue reading
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Founder Of Christian Ministry Wrote Bizarre 1965 'Thesis' On …
Written in 1965 by the Reverend David A. Noebel, a Christian minister , the thesis of the book is an earnest, if hysterical, analysis of not only the general subversive nature of rock music and its purported use by Communists to … Continue reading
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