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...anti-Semitic tracts from the early twentieth century. In what New York Times columnist Frank Rich has called a 'bait and switch,' Robertson quotes almost verbatim from these works, leaving out of his own work the glaringly obvious anti-Semitic remarks that permeate such rightly forgotten books as Nesta Webster's 1922 World Revolution: Plot Against Civilization...
According to Charles Sullivan, executivedirector of the Historical Commission, 22 Harvardprofessor John White Webster, who was tried andconvicted in 1850 of murdering, dismembering andincinerating George Parkman in the famousCommonwealth vs. Webster court case...
...been called. The characteristics o these "DESTRUCTIVE RELIGIOUS GROUPS," according to the Ministry's brochure, include "a leader who claims divinity or a special relationship to God." One could logically include almost every religion now sanctioned by the Ministry in this definition, at least in their early stages. Webster in fact agrees with this all-encompassing usage of cult. In the 10th Collegiate edition of Merriam-Webster, a cult is described as "a system of religious beliefs and ritual...
Perhaps we would be more enlightened about the position of the United Ministry by redirecting our attention to Webster's second definition for cult: "a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious." The factor that currently differentiates the religious groups recognized by the Ministry from cults is that the groups have been around for a while--long enough, at least, not to disturb the current theological balance of power...
...Webster worked in Leverett for three weeks and painted three colossal canvases. Everyone living in Leverett was invited to a meeting to vote on which picture to keep. Dowling might maintain that if you don't like the painting, blame the alumni. But house lore has it that the three paintings were strikingly similar. Judging by the winner, the selection must have been grim...