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The Muslim, The Jew, and the Briefcase of Diamonds
The briefcase full of diamonds is secondary to the religion of the two men.
Read More »The medieval Eve
In the English plays she soon becomes 'a comic butt for Adam's misogynistic humour' ...
Read More »“Abundance”: Prayer For Profit
Spiritual matters should be concerned with the nurturing of the soul and the heart, not the bank book.
Read More »The I. R. A. Disarms
...when peace is finally worked out for the people of Ireland ... it will have been in spite of the I.R.A. not because of it.
Read More »Mary cancels out Eve
Mary was supposed, through giving birth to Christ, have cleansed the "sins" of Eve ...
Read More »Van Gogh’s Killer Given Life Sentence
A 27 year-old Islamist radical of joint Dutch-Moroccan nationality, Mohammed Bouyeri, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today for committing a terrorist act by murdering Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh last November. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of several police officers and …
Read More »Star Trek’s James Doohan Dies
The death of actor James Doohan, who played Scotty on Star Trek, motivates me to rethink the purpose of the series and subsequent feature films.
Read More »The Passion of the Right
Opponents of the death penalty may have finally found their “smoking gun” – a case in which an innocent person may have been executed. Many people have been exonerated while on death row, but the United States has never had a case in which an executed person was later proven …
Read More »The Right To Die
Isn’t there enough pain...without us denying succour to those most in need?
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