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...Red’s keeper, Megan Bartlett, stopped each attempt to keep the game scoreless entering the intermission...
...Germany, particularly in the run-up to the elections, there has been an unfortunate discussion about justice in the former G.D.R. The hard-left party Die Linke is driving a campaign to reject the term state of injustice when talking about the regime in East Germany. This is another attempt to play down a dictatorship that destroyed families and careers, killed people in jail and at the Wall, and built a monstrous system of control and terror with access to all sectors of daily life. Young Germans learn a lot about the crime and terror in Nazi Germany. Unfortunately, their...
Recently in Germany there has been a discussion about justice in the former G.D.R., espoused by the hard-left party Die Linke who are seeking to reject the term state of injustice when talking about the regime. This is another attempt to play down a dictatorship that destroyed families and careers, killed people and built a monstrous system of control and terror across all sectors of daily life. Young Germans learn a lot about the crime and terror in Nazi Germany. Unfortunately, their knowledge of the inhumanity of the former G.D.R. regime is often close to zero. Maik G. Seewald...
...palace. An adult Moses murders an Egyptian for beating "one of his kinsmen," then flees to the desert, where, later, a voice in a burning bush recruits him to free the Israelites. This moment represents Moses' first leadership test: Will he cling to his unburdened life or attempt to free a people enslaved for centuries...
Third, the one on Sinai takes the heat. The Bible outlines at least a dozen rebellions in which the people attempt to overthrow Moses. In a striking parallel to Obama, the Israelites even question Moses' birthright: "Who made you leader over us?" God offers to destroy the people, but Moses brokers a compromise. The strongest leaders face the harshest criticism and hold fast against their naysayers...