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James Carroll: Jerusalem, Jerusalem
March 22, 2011
"The notion that destruction is the way to salvation is like a Gulf Stream current running underneath the surface of Western civilization," says James Carroll, author most recently of Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Carroll, a former Catholic priest, looks at the way the city of Jerusalem has been central to the Western imagination, conflict, and resolution to that conflict, and notes that he still has hope that we can find away around the violence that has been so central to our lives for millennia.
Phyllis Bennis, James Carroll, and a Stay in Wisconsin
March 21, 2011
"The only restriction says there shall be no foreign occupation force, but as we know from Iraq and Afghanistan, you can have an awful lot of troops on the ground fighting and not call it an occupation," says Phyllis Bennis, explaining the United Nations resolution that led a coalition of troops to start bombing Libya this weekend.
Why Does Newt Gingrich Hate Freedom?
August 19, 2010
My father died two weeks ago. He was a devout Catholic and former Franciscan brother. The last week of his life he was really upset -- not about dying, but about that church in Gainesville that’s planning to burn Korans on 9/11. My dad thought it wasn’t Christian, but an act of Christian supremacy. I said it would be cute if they used German accents.
Frank Schaeffer, Jamie Kilstein & Allison Kilkenny, and John Lennon
August 18, 2010
What's happening as the manufactured controversy over the "Ground Zero Mosque" continues, Frank Schaeffer notes, is nothing less than a new form of antisemitism--one directed this time at Muslims and people of Arab descent. Schaeffer, a former member of the religious right, notes that if comments like the ones being made at the Muslim community were being made about American Jews, there would be outrage, but Islamophobia is socially acceptable now.
Kate Clinton: Don't Mess With Nuns
March 31, 2010
Kate Clinton signs up in solidarity with Catholic nuns: not only did they take on Bart Stupak and anti-health-care Republicans, they also aren't afraid of the Pope.
The Census, Marie St. Cyr on Haiti, and Kate Clinton
March 30, 2010
Rep. Michelle Bachmann has publicly stated that she will not fill out her census form completely, expressing concerns about the census being part of a larger effort at voter fraud led by, you guessed it, ACORN. Of course, there are other communities who have long had reasons to distrust government officials asking for their information.
The F Word: Stupak vs. The Nuns
March 20, 2010
Poor Bart Stupak. Apparently his life has become a living hell. That's according to a recent profile in The Hill. Ever since he started trying to hold health care reform for ransom over abortion, he's had to deal with critics. He's had to deal, for example, with receiving letters from religious leaders representing 59,000 Catholic nuns.
States' Rights, Wafaa Bilal, and Budrus
March 19, 2010
As the health care bill drags toward a finish line, conservative opponents of the bill are raising a specter with some long history--"States' Rights." They claim to be able to nullify the federal reform bill on the state level, but the argument for states' rights has been made before to prevent progressive action from being taken, particularly around racial equality
The F Word: Catholics And Choice--Difference of Opinion?
November 3, 2009
The Catholic Church's stance on reproductive choice has been unyielding; in 2004 the Pope struck out and said that pro-choice Catholic politicians (like then-Presidential candidate John Kerry) should be denied communion. Even birth control is too much for the new Pope Benedict, formerly known by the nickname “God's Rottweiler.”

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