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DemWit: Is Israeli-Palestinian peace possible?
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Is Israeli-Palestinian peace possible? By B J. Trotter. February 2, 2012. I hope this in-depth examination of a religious and political impasse is not construed as pro-Israeli or pro-Palestinian. I am merely setting forth some observations I hope you will consider. Two days before Christians around the world celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ, Gallup/USA Today released a report on the religious makeup of the United States:. The expression and exchange of views is often an uncivil, highly unpleasant exp...
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DemWit: A bully pulpit
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I am a Christian and a former member of Southern Baptist Convention churches. When fundamentalists began their takeover of the SBC in the early 1980s – quashing any liberal thinking by filling its seminary faculties and college boards of trustees with right-wing ideologues, I left the “flock.” The SBC has gone so far in recent years as to expunge the writings of its former president Herschel H. Hobbs. Frankly, I resent the negative connotation given to intelligence in the following article. Editor's Note...
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DemWit: Obama's prescient words
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It seems like yesterday that, recalling the phrase “Prague Spring,” I was emailing friends inquiring about the sudden appearance of a new term, “Arab Spring.”. Moammar Gadhafi and I go back decades to the early 1980s when his name was spelled Khadafy and I was editor on a world news desk. This morning, as news came of the death of the former Libyan leader, I could not help reflecting on an earlier breaking news story:. The Associated Press, 9 October 2009, LINK. Those of us who do respect our president h...
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DemWit: Ain't no mountain high enough
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Ain't no mountain high enough. 8220;Never miss a good chance to shut up.”. Detective Alex Cross, Cat and Mouse, James Patterson. Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve learned from years of blogging is this: you can pile up evidence mountain high, but if people don’t read it, don’t pay attention to it, don’t act on it, you believe somehow you have failed. The same fictional detective quoted above also said, “Falling down is not a failure: not getting back up is.”. You know the old saying you dont miss it...
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DemWit: Vision
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There’s seeing and there’s seeing. I suppose if I need quotes to qualify my meaning, the one that comes to mind is: “There are none so blind as those who will not see.”. This is a saying with biblical roots:. Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not. Therefore I speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. My niece Debra sent me this one:. Someone once asked Ray...
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DemWit: What would Jesus do?
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What would Jesus do? 8220;How should the nation help the estimated 50 million Americans who can't afford health insurance? Christians are as divided about this question as others. Many cite Jesus, but come up with completely different conclusions.”. CNNcom home page promo. The following is a thought-provoking and balanced post from CNN’s “Belief Blog.” ( LINK. I have added my own comments below the article. Would Jesus support health care reform? By John Blake, CNN. March 31, 2012. How should the nation ...
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DemWit: S.C.O.T.U.S.*
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SCOTUS. - Sifting Controversial Opinions to Understand Scope of the Supreme Court of the United States’ hearings and subsequent decision on the constitutionality of the “mandate” provision of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Above all, the Court must look at precedents – decisions handed down in previous cases. According to David Orentlicher in an analysis. In the meantime, the media are portraying the case before the Court as an examination of the constitutionality of the entire law.
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DemWit: Tackling 'Ulysses'
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I have always avoided James Joyce's “Ulysses,” but curiosity finally got the better of me. I want to know WHY the book is in the top 5 on every list of greatest fiction. After listening to three chapters, I realized I had to know more about the mechanics of the book, so I have copied and read an overview. In the online CliffsNotes. Its 18 chapters include 18 “viewpoints” and numerous writing styles and literary devices. Think of witnesses to a wreck all seeing different things. Right down my alley. The o...
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DemWit: The dark world of Greg Iles
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The dark world of Greg Iles. Greg Iles’ novels are like cats: each has its own distinct personality. But, Iles, as he describes one of his characters, is “a different breed of cat.” The villains of his imagination are like black cats, waiting, like the deepest shadows of the human soul, to cross our paths. Only when evil is destroyed, can we emerge from humnity’s sinister underbelly into a world of light and hope, and therein lies Iles’ skill. The following titles, available to me from Talking Books for ...
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DemWit: A Valentine from Father Tim
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A Valentine from Father Tim. The great thing about waking up in the morning is that you learn something new every day! Some fascinating facts about Valentine’s Day from my dear friend Father Tim Farrell, pastor, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Farmington, New Mexico:. By the way, a few interesting facts about St. Valentine:. 1 There were actually three different Valentines over many different centuries. Anyhow, I have rambled too long. But before I go, a Tim Farrell fact from St. Valentine's Day:. The cand...
