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God & the Delusional Richard Dawkins
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Israeli apartheid & the paradox of a Palestinian poet in exile in Iceland I heard Mazen Maarouf speak at Columbia University on […]
Breaking the Silence: LGBT Identities & Multiple Oppressions (UIUC, 4.11.14)
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Bill Clinton, Edward Snowden & imperfect messengers “Former President Bill Clinton called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden an ‘imperfect messenger,’ saying […]
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Obama, LBJ & Presidential Legacies “Disappointed liberals, conservative critics and ordinary citizens who remember the candidate of 2008 have asked that question […]
Israel & the Ottoman expulsion of Jews from Palestine in 1917
Israel & the Ottoman expulsion of Jews from Palestine in 1917 Ahmed Jemal Pasha on the banks of the Dead Sea “April […]
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Conchita Supervia & the Golden Age of Opera
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Israel, Hobby Lobby, Transgender & the Family Research Council
Israel, Hobby Lobby, transgender & the Family Research Council I was fascinated to see the most recent ‘prayer targets’ message from the […]