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• Congratulations, Palestine

  I hereby congratulate the people of Palestine on their recent initial step towards international recognition. And I am deeply ashamed that the United States... Read more

  The 03 December 2012 by   Keith Berner
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• New L.A. Revenue May Turn City into State’s Most Taxed

  

  Despite the protests of former Mayor Richard Riordan, the Los Angeles City Council voted 11-4 on Tuesday, Nov. 20, to place a half-cent sales tax hike on the... Read more

  The 03 December 2012 by   Wonder
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• Chino Hills Residents Weigh in on Anchor-baby Safe House

  

  Excerpted from Examiner.com Politics – Residents of a Southern California neighborhood are protesting against a suburban home that they say operates as a... Read more

  The 03 December 2012 by   Wonder
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• The Rich Are Still Waging A Class War

  (This caricature of prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is by DonkeyHotey.)The rich tried to win the election by spending hundreds of millions of dollars to pu... Read more

  The 02 December 2012 by   Jobsanger
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• Bible-Landia

  

  It takes a mighty powerful stimulus to get the media to pay attention to biblical scholars. It is no surprise, therefore, when the Society of Biblical Literatur... Read more

  The 30 November 2012 by   Steveawiggins
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• UN Passes Resolution Naming Palestine A State

  

  In the most recent flare up in violence between Israel and Palestine, things looked set for a ground invasion by the Israeli army into Palestine. Luckily, and... Read more

  The 30 November 2012 by   Anthonyhymes
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• Egypt: Tahrir Revolts Against Massive Power Grab

  

  Dear readers, I have been watching the unfolding events in the past days with some trepidation, but not that much surprise. Morsi has issued a sweeping decree o... Read more

  The 29 November 2012 by   Warigia
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• Who Did You Give to on Giving Tuesday?

  This year will be my first paying and filling what I am calling “big-kid” tax returns because I am extremely mature like that. Read more

  The 29 November 2012 by   Beckawall
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• Taliban Commander Mullah Nazir Critically Injured in Suicide Blast

  

  Taliban commander Mullah Nazir was critically injured on Thursday when a motorcyclist suicide blew himself up near his convey in South Waziristan’s largest... Read more

  The 29 November 2012 by   Azharnadeem
  

• Theology of the Apes

  

  “Alter what you believe to be the course of the future by slaughtering two innocents, or rather three now that one of them is pregnant? Herod tried that and... Read more

  The 28 November 2012 by   Steveawiggins
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