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Do walls work?

by Timeri N Murari

[ march 05 ]

"Every Wall comes with its own baggage that cannot be contained by it. The Wall never grants the wishes for which it was built."

A skeptic s credo [after reading Simone Weil]

by Joe Palmer

[ march 05 ]

"We are experts in gauging the sincerity and truth of what we are told. We are sophisticated skeptics in a world of charlatans and politicians."

Follow my leader

by David Hambling

[ february 05 ]

If you want to see the future of the civilian world, look at what the military are doing now...

Fundamentalism and its discontents

by Noel Rooney

[ february 05 ]

"I spoke to Norton Mezvinsky the night after the deliciously ironic spectacle of a Jewish professor lecturing on Christian Zionism at a Muslim cultural institute, an irony only compounded by the realisation that a Muslim audience was almost bound to be better informed about Christian fundamentalism than a Christian one."

Question all assumptions...

by Ivan Eland

[ january 05 ]

Post-World War II US foreign policy has been based on certain received ideas, most of which, unfortunately, are suspect.

Giving aid

by Timeri N Murari

[ january 05 ]

We have millions of poor who were not victims of the tsunami, and they will remain mired in their poverty.

Jesus & Alinsky

by Walter Wink

[ january 05 ]

In a time when a destructive fundamentalism fuels the Bush Administration's agenda, we might remember Christianity's more radical prophetic tradition.

Scary democracy

by Joe Palmer

[ january 05 ]

"Here is the worst case: the guys who can drop atomic bombs, the officials in positions of influence and authority in the American government, are demonstrably cuckoo for Christ."

Kill missile defence now

by Ivan Eland

[ december 04 ]

"Although Star Wars was a financial black hole, many conservatives have used modern-day missile defense programs to rally the faithful."

Deth in ye fyre: a defence of More

review by Joe Palmer

Politics based on taking the Bible literally is destructive of human values, says Joe Palmer, reviewing Brian Moyhahan's splendid 'God's Bestseller'.