middle-east
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Maybe There is Something Wrong with our Notion of Paradise
Slavoj Žižek, one of the more public philosophers of our day, considers the difference between revolution and reformation. On which cusp do we find ourselves today? He identifies two traps that must be avoided in order to answer the question… Continue reading
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Millions of Egyptians Demand Morsi’s Downfall
Originally posted on Paper to Use: CAIRO, Egypt — June 30 proved to be very different from January 2011, which was made to look like a minor protest in comparison. Tens of thousands of protesters spent the night in the… Continue reading
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Emily Raboteau’s Searching for Zion, reviewed. – Slate Magazine
In her memoir Searching for Zion, Emily Raboteau travels to several continents and countries—including Israel, Jamaica, and Ghana—seeking her own personal Promised Land. While Raboteau, whose mother is white and father is black, may not have been looking to trace… Continue reading
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Viewpoint: Why Al Jazeera’s Entry into the U.S. Is a Good Thing | TIME.com
If you say, consider the source and their “overlords,” I’ll say, “I will do that with this station just as do with Fox & MSNBC… whose “overlords” have their own biases that they keep shoving down our throats.” I’ve caught… Continue reading
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Okay, so I noticed the conflict… | circles in the sky
Thanks to my beloved brother, Will Hudson (pedagogue/poet/photographer) for pointing out this thought provoking first-hand account from someone who lives in Haifaz. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us here in the Ether. …The conversations I’ve had about these issues… Continue reading
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Ambition, Self-Promotion, & Military Demagoguery
The series will show how Petraeus was engaged from the beginning of the Iraq war in creating a myth about himself as a commander with unique ability to defeat insurgents, that he knew he had failed in his first two… Continue reading
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Ending The War Between Athens & Jerusalem: LA Review of Books
THE VIEW THAT ATHENS AND JERUSALEM represent two very different and antagonistic sources of Western civilization has long been a feature of the Western tradition. It dates back at least to Tertullian’s passionate second-century polemic against Greek philosophy. Those Enlightenment… Continue reading
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Folk of the Ether… Your Must-Do Assignment
All war is struggle, but not all struggle is war. Humans live on a boundary of many struggles. When we reduce every struggle to combat, battle, or war, we lay waste vast fields of human experience to unnecessary destruction. Study… Continue reading
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Treaty of Tripoli – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I wholeheartedly believe in the need for a wall that adequately & rigorously separates the laws of the Republic from the customs & dogmas of church, synagogue, mosque, and temple. I think a lot of us would do well to… Continue reading
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Condemning Inhospitable Attempts to Resurrect the House Un-American Activities Inquisition
It is imperative that the People of these United States not follow down the path that has historically led us astray and caused us to turn on our neighbors as well as strangers. As a colleague of mine–diminutive in stature… Continue reading
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