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...point. In 2008, it emerged that while Elad-sponsored archaeologists were digging near the Western Wall, they found and removed dozens of skeletons from a Muslim graveyard without properly documenting the find, according to Haaretz, an Israeli daily. The skeletons have since gone missing. After a barrage of complaints against the IAA by academics, Palestinians and civil rights groups, the agency's chairman, Professor Benjamin Kedar, conceded in a statement that the IAA is "aware that Elad - an association with a pronounced ideological agenda - has presented the history of the City of David in a biased manner." So far, though...
...income, which he quickly realized was nearly impossible even at the lowest standard of living, but to remain at each job for two full months, no matter how bad the back pain, how sickening the smell of raw meat or how crippling the fatigue. Thompson succeeds--mostly. He gets found out and fired from the chicken plant a week before his self-imposed deadline and hangs up his delivery bike after seven weeks of risking his life in New York City traffic. Therein lies perhaps the only blemish on the book's premise: Thompson has the luxury to quit...
...Obama's job is certainly lonely, as no doubt all Presidents have found [Jan. 25]. And yet the scale of destructive attacks on this man--from right, left and now center--is without precedent. By any standard, this man has achieved a remarkable record of legislation and world leadership in his first year in office. But how can he hope to continue unless we give him at least our grudging support...
...Citizens United produced the anti-Clinton film Hillary: The Movie and arranged to distribute it using money from the group's corporate treasury rather than from its political-action committee--a crucial distinction under the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reforms of 2002. In a 5-4 ruling, the court found that distinction unconstitutional. If freedom of speech protects the right of individuals to air their political views, it decided, then that right extends to incorporated groups--like businesses, labor unions, Planned Parenthood and Citizens United...
...study by Network for Good found that the dynamics of online donations particularly benefit disaster victims. People instinctively want to help when they see news coverage of a humanitarian disaster, and the ease of online giving leads to impulse donations. Clicking a mouse or sending a text certainly isn’t as onerous as writing and mailing a check, and it allows donors to act immediately, while their emotional response to the news is still fresh...