“The Serthar area of eastern Tibet remains under tight lockdown after three Tibetan herders, including a 60-year old man, set themselves on fire on Friday (February 3). This brings the … [Keep reading >>]
Three Tibetan monks in central China set themselves on fire this weekend, raising to 15 the number of suicides in the last year by Buddhist clergy members protesting aspects of … [Keep reading >>]
“With leading Republican Presidential candidates tripping over themselves to see who claim the mantle of most Godly to their minions, just maybe God is showing his displeasure with the most … [Keep reading >>]
Not Kidding you:
Forrest Wilder of the Texas Observer appeared on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show to discuss the New Apostolic Reformation, a evangelical Christian group that sees Texas Gov. Rick Perry as their … [Keep reading >>]
Good work at the NY Times, with a front page Sunday investigative piece: Why the multi-state drive to create fear of imposition of Islamic sharia? Aha! It’s not quite as … [Keep reading >>]
Good article in the Chronicle of Higher Education:
Science in Muslim societies already lags far behind the scientific achievements of the West, but what adds a fair amount of contemporary angst … [Keep reading >>]
The apparent built-in human readiness to believe anything about the Other is like nitroglycerin carried in egg shells on bad roads. A series of pothole-rumors can set the whole thing off. While … [Keep reading >>]
Blooney Tunes!
It’s time for a change of lyrics in that kids’ praise song, “J is for Jesus.” According to Rev. Franklin Graham, J is not only for Jesus, it’s for … [Keep reading >>]
In the great scheme of tens of hundreds of thousands dead perhaps this is a little thing, but as a born again Christian former President Bush might be more troubled … [Keep reading >>]
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Jimmy Carter’s been a good man, done good things. Two things he did, however, have brought consequences not so good. One was the beginning of meddling in Afghanistan – to … [Keep reading >>]
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