Saturday, November 19, 2011

Humanist Flavors

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by Edd Doerr Like Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Humanism comes in more than one flavor. The principal ones are Secular Humanism and Relig...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Challenges of Extending Inter-Faith Conversations

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by Gary Berg-Cross I generally like conversation and the free exchange of ideas. There is a pragmatics to it, as Albert Einstein noted, ...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Will Romney Apologize?

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By Luis Granados Everything is breaking right for Mitt Romney this year, as his opponents do their best to imitate Joe Louis’ old “ Bum of...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Learning More about the 1848 Springtime of Nations in 2011

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By Gary Berg-Cross The Europe of 1848 was not a time and place that my high school history courses focused on. Only much later did I ...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Hurrah for Mississippi!

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by Edd Doerr On Tuesday, Nov 8, voters in poor, downtrodden Mississippi smacked down by a landslide margin a proposed amendment to the state...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Scratching

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by Edd Doerr Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano tells the story of the missionary who wanted to convert Indians in a South American jungle. He...
Monday, November 07, 2011

WaPo and Overpopulation

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by Edd Doerr On Nov 6 the Washington Post ran an opinion piece on "Myths about global population" by Nicholas Eberstadt, a flack ...
Sunday, November 06, 2011

Encouraging Suicide

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by Luis Granados Buddhist God experts in southwestern China have been on a suicide binge lately. Last week victim #11, a 35-year old Buddh...