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...apply blame so generally distorts the nature of religion in every case. After all, a large percentage of religious Americans are not pro-life, do not oppose same-sex marriage, and do not believe that the messiah will only come when the children of Israel inhabit their whole homeland. Despite their near-constant presence in newsprint and political media, evangelical Christians constitute only 26.3 percent of religious adults in America. Yet, if Bill Maher’s recent film “Religulous” and a wave of secularist polemics are any indication, extreme religious views are being used...
...with the third release, the media responded with a flurry of articles about how torture porn raises our appetite for actual torture—quick, painful, cheap justice. President Bush tried to sell us his own Jigsaw level of certitude, marketing himself as the decider, the protector of the homeland, the banisher of the evil-doers, and we elected him—twice. Last week proved that we’ve learned our lesson: Absolute justice may be attractive, but it isn’t real...
...former Thai premier has a fondness for luxury shopping and golf - and has indulged both diversions fully since he was forced from office two years ago. (In a sign that Thaksin may be resigned to a longer exile, he gave up one of his last official connections to his homeland on Tuesday, that of President of the Professional Golfers Association of Thailand.) Loss of pride aside, Thaksin can at least take heart in the august company of others who have been barred from entering Britain. Earlier this year, American domestic diva Martha Stewart was denied a visa because...
...reading of “The Prophet” today as worthwhile as when it first hit the scene.The book tells the story of a wanderer named Almustafa who has spent 12 years in a foreign land observing its people, and is about to set sail back to his homeland. In 27 short verse-essays, the prophet guides the people in their way of life, spanning topics from the mundane—“Eating and Drinking,” “Houses,” “Law”—to the profound?...
...very least, experts and Democratic Senate staffers say, Lieberman is likely to lose his current role in the Homeland Security and Oversight Committee. "Reid will be under pressure to strip Lieberman's chairmanship from him," says Stephen Wayne, a political-science professor at Georgetown University. "If he votes to organize with the Dems, they will allow him to choose a committee assignment, but not chair...