Philocrites' scrapbook

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5/31/2003 02:01:35 PM
Historians trace an unholy alliance: Religion and nationalism. Alexander Stille. New York Times 5.31.03.
How I learned to love quotas. As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the fate of affirmative action, a former skeptic makes a plea in its defense. Jeffrey Rosen. New York Times Magazine 6.1.03.
Dr. No and the Yes Men. Howard Dean has cast himself as the one true Democrat in opposition to Bush. And he doesn't care if he takes those mushy, moderate mollifiers right down with him. Matt Bai. New York Times Magazine 6.1.03.

 
5/29/2003 01:32:01 PM
More UU bloggers! Scott Wells's Universalist theology blog, Boy in the Bands ... And, from an anonymous Unitarian Universalist minister, Across, Beyond, Through

 
5/28/2003 10:29:41 PM
Which way to Mecca? Review of What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East and The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis, Islam in a Globalizing World by Thomas W. Simons Jr., The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity by M.J. Akbar, and Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong. Clifford Geertz. New York Review of Books 6.12.03.

 
5/23/2003 09:49:42 PM
Meta UU. Mechaieh looks around from the middle at the debate over Unitarian Universalist language [scroll down midway] ... David Soliday endorses "holy mystery" and points to this Religion News Service article on Beliefnet.

 
5/22/2003 06:04:12 PM
Joshua Micah Marshall reflects on the meeting of the Social Democrats (aka Dissent) on his site, and reviews the conference in The Forward, too.

 
5/22/2003 09:45:24 AM
Untouchable. "Discrimination against India's lowest Hindu castes is technically illegal. But try telling that to the 160 million Untouchables, who face violent reprisals if they forget their place." Tom O'Neill. Photographs by William Albert Allard. National Geographic June 2003. [Excerpt]
Transforming the lives of India's broken people. David Zucchino. UU World Jul/Aug 2001.

 
5/20/2003 06:34:07 PM
'God's secretaries': Blessed are the phrasemakers. Review of God Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson. Christopher Hitchens. New York Times Book Review 5.18.03.
Kant and Mill in Baghdad. "Can the morality of our actions -- whether as individuals or nations -- be judged simply by the eventual results? Isn't this an instance of the ends justifying the means?" John B. Judis. The American Prospect 6.1.03.

 
5/20/2003 12:00:35 PM
Disaster in waiting. "These soldiers see the reservoir of Iraqi goodwill draining away while bureaucrats take their time holding meetings and making plans as if time were somehow not an issue. They fear that their successors here will face an intifada in the summer if power, water, medicine, gasoline and food don't start reaching Iraqi civilians." Jonathan Foreman. New York Post 5.16.03. [Thanks Kausfiles]

 
5/16/2003 08:38:58 AM
The New Yorker goes to war. "How a nice magazine talked itself into backing Bush's jihad." Daniel Lazare. The Nation 5.15.03.
The New Yorker and the neocons. A review of Daniel Lazare's article in The Nation. Dan Kennedy's Media Log 5.20.03.

 
5/15/2003 12:43:42 PM
The war, up close and very personal. David Zucchino. Los Angeles Times 5.3.03. (reg. req'd)

 
5/14/2003 01:12:29 PM
More UU bloggers. Facilitating Paradox by David Soliday, a seminarian in Ohio ... Musing in a Strange Land by Annalise in Orlando, Florida ... On the Tracks by Ngia En, a seminarian and Veganism expert ... My Irony by an awfully bright M.Div. in Atlanta (see this post on The New Religious Humanism, for example)

 
5/13/2003 02:57:06 PM
Watching the dark side. Sci-fi's fascination with dystopia. Paul Kane. Spiked 5.12.03.

 
5/12/2003 07:08:28 PM
UUs in the news. Minister helps create 'a better world'. Beth Anderson. Ames [Iowa] Tribune 5.12.03. — A church is worth keeping, taxes or not. [Column] Steven Slosberg. The [New London, Conn.] Day 5.11.03. — Hospital may buy property, buildings : Church members say pending deal with Methodist in works. Michael Miller. Peoria [Ill.] Journal Star 5.10.03. — Last words : Eulogies that speak the truth help heal the living. Susan Glairon. The [Boulder, Col.] Daily Camera 5.10.03.

 
5/10/2003 07:33:02 PM
Shock therapy for police recruits. "At Washington's Holocaust Museum, cadets learn to be good cops from very bad cops." Bruce Weber. New York Times 5.10.03.
Looking for hope in an Apartheid monster's eyes. "Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a black psychologist appointed to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, saw remorse in the eyes of one of the country's most notorious symbols of apartheid." Rachel L. Swarns. New York Times 5.10.03.
American empire, not 'if' but 'what kind.' Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay. New York Times 5.10.03.

 
5/10/2003 07:28:01 PM
'The God of Old': Recovering theological imaginings. Review of The God of Old: Inside the Lost World of the Bible by James Kugel. Jack Miles. New York Times Book Review 5.11.03.
God is still ready for his close-up. "God is not dead in Hollywood, but he's been feeling awfully funny lately." Tim Appelo. New York Times 5.10.03.

 
5/10/2003 07:21:45 PM
UU World special issue on "corporate personhood." Some related coverage elsewhere:
Neighbors of vast hog farms say foul air endangers their health. Jennifer 8. Lee. New York Times 5.11.03.
Reward but no risk. "In 1886, the United States Supreme Court found that the 14th Amendment — intended to protect the rights of freed slaves — granted corporations the legal status of persons, enshrining the distinction between corporations and their owners." [Op-ed] Dalton Conley. New York Times 5.10.03.

 
5/7/2003 06:06:24 PM
Needed: Iraqi software. On Fareed Zakaria. Thomas L. Friedman. New York Times 5.7.03.

 
5/7/2003 03:35:07 PM
The media gets religion: The only problem is, they get it wrong. Fred Barnes. The Weekly Standard 5.6.03.

 
5/7/2003 01:37:53 PM
Ideals and idols. Review of The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis by Leon R. Kass and The Prophets: Who They Were, What They Are by Norman Podhoretz. David Novak. The New Republic 5.12.03. [sub req'd]
Applying truth to the Bible. Review of The Prophets by Norman Podhoretz. Jonathan Kirsch. Los Angeles Times 5.11.03. [reg req'd]

 
5/7/2003 01:22:49 PM
Babylon upon a hill? Religious thinkers debate how America should use its unrivaled influence. Review of Spiritual Perspectives on America's Role as Superpower, by the Editors of SkyLight Paths. Douglas LeBlanc. Christianity Today 5.5.03.

 
5/5/2003 05:12:45 PM
Sexing the spirit. Love the Sin offers a new strategy for the gay-rights movement: Advocating freedom of religion. [Review] Michael Bronski. Boston Phoenix 5.2.03.

 
5/2/2003 10:44:59 AM
Interpreting the drop in terrorist attacks. Calpundit 5.1.03.

 
5/1/2003 11:03:52 AM
Study shows New Englanders give less to charity. (AP) Boston Globe 4.28.03.
Are we stingy? Only at church. Mike Swift. Hartford Courant 4.30.03.
We still don't give a damn. Joel Beck and Jessica Heslam. North Shore Online 5.2.03.
N.E.'s uncharitable streak. Jeff Jacoby. Boston Globe 5.4.03.