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August 28, 2008
Saving by remembering, first impression
\” . . . The World Trade Center has been attacked more than once. Was America more popular in the eyes of the Muslim world before Sept. 11? . . \”
Q&A with author Jonathan Kirsch: Is Bush bringing back the Inquisition?
I did say in my book that many of the same rationales that are articulated by the Bush administration and the Bush Justice Department were first articulated by the Inquisition
Agriprocessors rebukes Obama, Israel sends flood aid to Ukraine
Nathan Lewin, who is representing the largest kosher meat producer in the United States, in a statement released early Tuesday wondered whether Barack Obama had weighed the evidence in the case or considered the company\’s repeated denials.
Master of horror Cronenberg ‘Flies’ into opera
Cronenberg will direct the United States premiere of the opera based on what is perhaps his best-known work: his 1986 remake of the 1958 film, \”The Fly,\” which in turn was based on a 1957 George Langelaan short story.
The teacher
Mickey Palmer is 87 years old and living in a cozy home by Elizabeth Lake, near Palmdale. She moved there 25 years ago when she retired from teaching sixth grade.\n\n
Taking time for yourself
Parshat Re\’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) The parsha begins: \”See [re\’eh, singular] I place before you [lifnei\’chem, plural] today blessing and curse\”. Why begin in the singular and finish in the plural?
True confessions of an online dating addict #4: Ben sounds cool and he lives nearby
No ‘pushovers’ on Zukin’s Ethics Commission
Zukin is particularly interested in an important issue that places the ethics commission at odds with the city council — the future of the neighborhood councils
Iran gets away with murder
In the summer of 1988, Iran put thousands of political prisoners to death after a desperate cease-fire agreement was reached to end the 1980-1988 war with Iraq.
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