pope john paul ii

Understanding the return of Catholic anti-liberalism. But it's not the hierarchy alone who belong sackcloth and ashes, begging forgiveness all of us must become penitents.. ..

opinion

In this view, the Electoral College is one of the great compromises of the Constitutional Convention, part of the wisdom and genius of the “founding fathers” who sought a middle path between pure democracy on the one hand and anti-majoritarianism on the other. . ..

beyond anti-democratic temptation

Many younger intellectuals in Eastern and Central Europe seem more interested in postmodern anti-capitalist sloganeering than in promoting the values and institutions of civic liberalism. . ... People who had been informers or propagandists for the communist dictatorships reinvented themselves as..

why trump’s middle east peace plan needs congress

At present, however, it would likely find that this is easier said than done, as two newly enacted pieces of legislation—the Taylor Force Act and the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA)—substantially restrict the president’s ability to do so. . ... It makes any entity that accepts foreign..

richard wright and stalinism

Native Son was a ground-breaking book with a young Black hoodlum, Bigger Thomas, as its anti-hero. ... Communist Party writers In Chicago Richard Wright found his way to the John Reed Club, a Communist Party front for writers and artists where for the first time he met white people who were..

the right may finally get its war on iran

That summer, Cheney proposed that if the US military found evidence of Iranian support for anti-U.S. forces in Iraq, it should carry out a limited strike against Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps camps in Iran used to train Shiite militia fighters in Iraq. ..

germany: stabbings and knife crimes at record high

Moreover, many crime reports, including those in police blotters, omit references to the nationalities of the perpetrators and victims — apparently to avoid inflaming anti-immigration sentiments. . ... Others said that Albakr murdered Riecher after learning that he was Jewish; that the murder had..

supreme dilemma - isthmus

Judge Brian Hagedorn, who serves on the state’s District 2 Court of Appeals, insists no one should pay any mind to the anti-labor positions he defended as Republican Gov. ... Asked if she thinks Hagedorn is anti-LGBTQ or anti-choice, she responds: “I would say that he’s put a..

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