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M.J. Rosenberg: The Sheer Silliness of the Peace Process

by M.J. Rosenberg | May 23, 2013 | Foreign Policy

The New York Times reports that Secretary of State John Kerry is not pessimistic about the Israeli-Palestinian “peace process.” In Jerusalem to begin a little shuttle diplomacy between the Israeli capital and Ramallah, he said he hopes that by “being methodical, careful, patient, but detailed and tenacious, that we can lay out a path ahead […]

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Yvette Carnell: Obama Tells Morehouse Grads They’re on Their Own in Fight Against Racism

by Yvette Carnell | May 20, 2013 | Politics

The president spoke at Morehouse College’s commencement on Sunday. He did what he’s been doing to black people since 2008 — pathologize black behavior. He said, in part: Sometimes I wrote off my own failings as just another example of the world trying to keep a black man down. I had a tendency to make […]

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M.J. Rosenberg: On Middle East Peace, Obama Is Killer of Hope

by M.J. Rosenberg | May 20, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Politics

I would not have expected to be so pleased by Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott a major conference in Jerusalem in solidarity with the Palestinians. But I was. I say that because I do not support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS). Or to be precise, I do not support it as applied to […]

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Geoff Rips: Louie Gohmert’s Bread and Circuses

by Geoff Rips | May 17, 2013 | Politics

(U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of East Texas accused U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder during testimony of casting “aspersions on my asparagus.” That helps President Obama, says Geoff Rips, but given all the problems the nation and Texas face, this is a sideshow we could do without.) Molly Ivins used to say Texas was a laboratory […]

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Peter Lindstrom: Confusion Is Power in North Carolina

by Peter Lindstrom | May 17, 2013 | Politics

(In 2012, North Carolina gubernatorial nominee Patrick McCrory endorsed a Republican Party platform that called Agenda 21, a set of environmental proposals by the UN, a conspiracy to take over America. McCrory won and state Republicans carry on with the crazy, the author says. Image: Getty) Did you know America’s iconic small town, Mayberry, North Carolina, […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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