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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 4
By Mark Esposito The following is the fourth installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here and the second part here and the third part here. There are 1.5 to 2.0 billion Muslims … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Art, Atheism, Big Oil, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Democracy, Education, Energy Policy, Enlightenment, Equal Rights, Fascism, France, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legal Theory, Liberals, Literature, Murder, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Prison, Propaganda, Psychology, Racism, Religion, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, Society, Theism, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged Bastille, Candide, Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, Egypt, France, Fundamentalism, Iraq, Islam, Marie Antoinette, Muslims, Syria, Terrorism, Voltaire, Wahhabi
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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 3
By Mark Esposito The following is the third installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here and the second part here. The discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia in 1939 … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Art, Atheism, Big Oil, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Democracy, Education, Energy Policy, Enlightenment, Equal Rights, Fascism, France, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legal Theory, Liberals, Literature, Murder, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Prison, Propaganda, Psychology, Racism, Religion, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, Society, Theism, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged Bastille, Candide, Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, Egypt, France, Fundamentalism, Iraq, Islam, Marie Antoinette, Muslims, Syria, Terrorism, Voltaire, Wahhabi
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Hollywood and War: “American Sniper”…a Movie about a Killer Hero
By Elaine Magliaro I have neither read Chris Kyle’s memoir American Sniper nor seen the movie based on his book. Kyle was the decorated Navy SEAL who became “the deadliest sniper in the annals of American warfare.” Writing for The … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Countries, Heroism, History, Iraq, Politics, Propaganda, Society, United States, US Military, USN, War, World History
Tagged American Sniper, Bradley Cooper, Chris Kyle, Clint Eastwood, Hollywood, Iraq War, Jingoism, movies, Patriotism, War Movies
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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 2
By Mark Esposito The following is the second installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here. The clash between fundamentalism and modernity was an inevitable historical … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Art, Atheism, Big Oil, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Democracy, Education, Enlightenment, Equal Rights, Fascism, France, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legal Theory, Liberals, Literature, Murder, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Prison, Propaganda, Psychology, Racism, Religion, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, Society, Theism, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged Bastille, Candide, Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, Egypt, France, Fundamentalism, Iraq, Islam, Marie Antoinette, Muslims, Syria, Terrorism, Voltaire, Wahhabi
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Not So Curious George Back In Court
By Mark Esposito Heeee’s Back. Put-upon, misunderstood, citizen George Zimmerman, acquitted of gunning down unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin on a rainy common area between apartments is back in court and being held in jail. In a Sunshine State courtroom … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Countries, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Denialism, Government, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Legal Analysis, Legal Theory, Local Government, Logic, Media, Neoconservatives, Politics, Prison, Racism, Society, States, United States, Weird News
Tagged Crime, Florida, George Zimmerman, Samantha Schiebe, Shelly Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin
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Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 1
By Mark Esposito The horrific events that played out in Paris certainly will bring fundamental change to that society. Much like our 9/11, the massacres at Charlie Hebdo and a kosher deli have mobilized the French nation to a new awareness … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Art, Atheism, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Democracy, Education, Enlightenment, Equal Rights, Fascism, France, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legal Theory, Liberals, Literature, Murder, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Prison, Propaganda, Psychology, Racism, Religion, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, Society, Theism, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged Bastille, Candide, Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, Egypt, France, Fundamentalism, Iraq, Islam, Marie Antoinette, Muslims, Syria, Terrorism, Voltaire, Wahhabi
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The Seventeenth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Demoted Catholic Cardinal Blames “Feminized” Church for Pedophile Clergy…and Altar Girls for Shortage of Priests
By Elaine Magliaro David Gibson of National Catholic Reporter reported earlier this week that Cardinal Raymond Burke, “who was recently demoted from the Vatican’s highest court to a ceremonial philanthropic post,” has been “roiling the waters once again.” This time … Continue reading
Grace Under Pressure: An American Christmas Message By A Man For All Seasons
By Mark Esposito Chuck Stanley has written an eloquent article about two honorable men who met in a lethal engagement and emerged with their dignity elevated. I felt the same way when I read this piece of writing from Nashville Police … Continue reading
71 years ago this week, two honorable men met.
By Chuck Stanley “You follow the rules for you, not for the enemy. You fight by the rules to keep your humanity. If I ever see or hear of you shooting at a man in a parachute, I will shoot … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Germany, Heroism, History, Nazis, United Kingdom, United States, US Army, US Military, USAF, War, World War II
Tagged A Higher Call (book), B-17, Bf-109, Charlie Brown, Franz Stigler, Gustav Rödel, Hugh Eckenrode, Luftwaffe, Sam Blackford, Ye Olde Pub
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It is Winter Solstice today.
By Chuck Stanley In the northern hemisphere, the day with the least amount of sunlight and most hours of darkness. The southern hemisphere recognizes today as Summer Solstice, the day with most hours of sunlight. The precise moment of Solstice … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Christianity, History, Holidays, Music, Scotland
Tagged Alaska, Enya, Light, Northern Exposure, Pagan, Winter Solstice, Yule
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