March 06, 2009
Sporting a salt and pepper goatee, Brad Pitt is currently in Washington D.C. to discuss his pet project of rebuilding the 9th Ward in New Orleans via his "Make It Right" organization with lawmakers. Although this trip is all about business, it's hard to imagine that the straight-laced politicos... ....
Socialite Life
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Lisa Timmons
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Egyptian women are trapped between who they are and who they are expected to be; they are required to live up to the expectations of their parents, families, colleagues, and later on, their husbands and children. In their attempt to meet those expectations, some of them feel that they lose touch wit...
Global Voices Online
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Marwa Rakha
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Yesterday, headlines informed attentive audiences that the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, had been issued with an arrest warrant by the ICC's prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo. A straightforward success story according to Human Rights Watch and like-minded organisations. Regimes that murder...
LENIN'S TOMB
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lenin
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March 05, 2009
An opinion column in the New York Times by Samaritan's Purse president Franklin Graham has surprised many human rights and religious liberty advocates in the United States and around the world. Responding to a then-pending arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court f...
The Point
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Steve Rempe
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March 03, 2009
"Abortion, not resume, could dominate Sebelius confirmation" "DOJ Nominee 'Shocked' by Her Own Words" "Elie Wiesel says he can't forgive Bernie Madoff" "In hard times, more women try to sell their eggs" "Conservatives and Porn" "Less...
The Point
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Gina Dalfonzo
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February 27, 2009
Sometimes, there are only different people. No labels. No tags. Just people who want to get along in a world that has changed in many different ways.Save your energy for yourself and think of the word "humanitarian"....
Bill Van Loan's Resilience
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Bill Van Loan
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February 24, 2009
Chuck Norris doesn't have too many kind words to say about the recent government bailout in this article (warning: some mild profanity). I must agree that passing the problem on to our children and grandchildren is not the solution. Here's what Chuck recommends: We mu...
The Point
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Diane Singer
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Ahead of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's arrival, it seems official Israel is getting busy: Steps to improve Palestinian daily life in Judea and Samaria (Communicated by the IDF Spokesperson) In accordance with the decision made by the political echelon, the IDF and the Civil Administration too...
My Right Word
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YMedad
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February 21, 2009
"The generality of Seymour's conclusion, the broad sweep of his argument and the passion of his attack are overstated, dissipating their force. More nuance and context could have made this potentially important book compelling. It is a shame, as buried in these pages and their footnotes is a great d...
LENIN'S TOMB
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lenin
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“Deadlock” February 20th, 2009 “Imagine, instead of 50,000 survivors, there are only five.” The above are the words of the fifth and final Cylon, words that are in fact quite resonant: considering what we have learned of the Cylon back story in the last few episodes, the Fina...
Cultural Learnings
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Myles
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