The conversation among Unitarian Universalists about the conflicted and tortuous history in the Middle East is really quite appalling.
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Standing on principle.
“If you’re going to continue to hold other people accountable for moral and philosophical inconsistency, then have the courage to hold the line when the fault lies with people you normally count as allies.”
Thomas L. Friedman writes that “there were actually four reasons for this war: the real reason, the right reason, the moral reason and the stated reason”
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Rwanda reloaded.
The horrible story is playing out again in the Congo.
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Chris Hedges watch.
The author of “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning” was all but booed off the stage during a commencement address in Illinois.
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Diplomatic candor.
Olivier Roy explains why Europe wouldn’t join Washington’s war game.
Coverage of “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning.”
The Canadian Unitarian Council opposes Franklin Graham and other Evangelicals-in-humanitarians-clothing in Iraq.
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Baghdad’s blogger is back.
“When we were watching the Saddam statue being pulled down, one of my aunts was saying that she never thought she would see this day during her lifetime.”
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Dogmatism watch.
“Liberal political beliefs have so infused our liberal religious beliefs that there is a very real doctrinal test for inclusion and acceptance in many, if not most, of our congregations.”