1 hour ago by Shirl Kennedy

Global Restrictions on Religion Source: Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life “Global Restrictions on Religion,” a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that 64 nations — about one-third of the countries in the world — have high or very high restrictions on reli ...

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2 hours ago by alle

Short update on the Aminatou Haidar stalemate, which may be about to finally resolve itself one way or the other: AFP reports that she was taken to intensive care earlier today, reportedly after vomiting blood. Whether related or not, Morocco just caved, according to multiple sources, incl. Reuters, ...

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2 hours ago by Eric Brown

Below is a book review written on the Congo war. Unlike many available resources this review brings up points that are not normally raised about the Congo or Rwanda itself. By Howard W. French Africa’s World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastropheby Gérard Pruni ...

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2 hours ago by themcglynn

The Health Insurance and Drug Industry Profit Protection Act Sucks and Should be Killed Miles Mogulescu Posted: December 16, 2009 04:29 AM For 60 years, progressives, liberals, and most Democrats have stood for universal health care, paid for by progressive taxes, and available to all Americans from ...

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2 hours ago by Michael Allen

The new U.S. consensus on Iran favors ‘‘crippling’’ economic sanctions designed to derail a nuclear weapons capability, but also to possibly facilitate a democratic breakthrough, writes Brookings’ Suzanne Maloney. While the Islamic Republic’s “democratic pretenses have always been offset by its unde ...

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2 hours ago by Ken

I have always thought that gods and holy scriptures are convenient. They can be used to justify anything. And they can prevent individuals from developing their own moral sense – always relying instead on the “authority” of holy scripture and/or religious leaders. This can be particularly bad when i ...

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2 hours ago by Carlos Osorio

Rosario, Argentina, 3 pm, December 7, 2009 I get a call at my hotel room. “Someone wants to talk to you,” says the concierge. Then Sabrina is on the line. “We are all down here, I brought the family,” she says. She is a tall 31-year-old with dark brown hair, alabaster skin and a snub nose. She [...]

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2 hours ago by MR

Der Europäische Gerichtshof fr Menschenrechte hat heute entschieden, dass die Sicherungsverwahrung nicht nachträglich verlängert werden darf, wenn dies ber die zulässige Höchstdauer zur Tatzeit hinaus geht. Sicherungsverwahrung bedeutet das “Wegsperren” besonders gefährlicher Straftäter. Sie ist bel ...

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3 hours ago by kb72

A review of Freedom for Sale: How We Made Money and Lost Our Liberty by John Kampfner here. Many, perhaps most, advanced societies today, Kampfner argues, operate on the basis of a “pact,” an implicit bargain between government and society. In exchange for consumer goods and private freedoms – to tr ...

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3 hours ago by cpmondello

Source: http://www.rationalreview.com/content/74161 Posted on 12.17.09 by Thomas L. Knapp “Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean argued Wednesday that the health care overhaul bill taking shape in the Senate further empowers private insurers at the expense of consumer choice. ‘You will be for ...

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