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This Extraordinary Pope
Originally posted on The Dish: I’ve just watched the actual video of Pope Francis’ airplane press conference, and it’s even more remarkable than the quotes we gleaned earlier from reporters like John Allen. What’s so striking to me is not… Continue reading
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Prisencolinensinainciusol – YouTube
It is included on the collection of “fake english” videos collected by Grammar Party which I just reblogged, but I have been listening to it since my friend Lindsay P. recommended it to me. Certainly, it is catchy, fun, and… Continue reading
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Fox News Host Never Asked Baptist College Professor Why He Wrote Book About Islam
Following up on the earlier post where Lauren Green at Fox made a thorough fool of herself… While host Lauren Green, the main religion correspondent for Fox News, spent the interview asking Aslan about his Muslim faith, Green never asked… Continue reading
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The Sad Reality of White-on-White Violence
A frightening and violent mob swept through the normally quiet seaside community of Huntington Beach last night following a surfing competition in the area. Businesses were vandalized and looted, portable toilets overturned, and brutal fistfights waged right out in the… Continue reading
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Son of Man: Scott Korb on Reza Aslan’s “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” | Los Angeles Review of BooksLos Angeles Review of Books
…Zealot is a biography and history of early Christianity whose central premise is that to understand who Jesus was we must better understand the world he lived in. This is Roman Palestine, an occupied land. The first third of Aslan’s… Continue reading
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Combative Fox Interviewer Gets Destroyed by Religious Scholar Reza Aslan | RYOT News
I find that I get more from reading Esquire, Truthout, and even some blogs than I get from watching journalism on any of the news networks. So while I am not a great friend of the global financial news networks–CNN,… Continue reading
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The Power Of Art – Picasso | BBC
Born in Malaga, Spain, Picasso’s many styles and prolific work rate have marked him out as one of the most recognised artists of the twentieth century. Not limited to one medium he created sculptures, etchings and prints. His artistic career… Continue reading
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