“If religiously grounded hatred can yield here to shared humility in the presence of the holy one, however defined — then equally profound transformations can happen anywhere.”
Author: Chris Walton
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How to justify an exit.
The Boston Globe walks a tight rope in endorsing attempts by Iraq’s neighbors to encourage Saddam Hussein’s exile.
“Every citizen in America is now a citizen soldier”
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Getting away with it.
How does the international community hold Saddam Hussein to account while seeking a humanitarian solution?
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‘Democracy’ in Iraq.
Invoking Gilgamesh as evidence of 4,000 years of democracy.
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The mind in chains.
“After long acquaintance with his role, a man grows into it so closely that he can no longer differentiate his true self from the self he simulates, so that even the most intimate of individuals speak to each other in Party slogans.”
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Apology for a tyrant.
Because human freedom is our ultimate goal, we should not pretend that the status quo — the “peace” that avoiding war with Iraq represents — is even remotely close to true peace or true justice.
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Three faces of the antiwar movement.
Americans may not want to go to war, but they’re definitely not going to sign up for the pro-despot radicalism of ANSWER.
“The mainline schools get the money, but the evangelical schools get the people,” says Christianity Today.
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What is our message?
What do we want to share with the world?