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inaugural reflections - one person's perspective
Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:06 PM EST
a reflection from a participant observer
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Presbyterian leaders OK gay clergy - Los Angeles Times
Seeded on Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:13 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Leaders of the Presbyterian Church (USA) overturned a long-standing ban on the ordination of gays and lesbians Friday, providing yet the latest example of a religious denomination struggling with how, and whether, to incorporate homosexuality into church life.
Evangelical movement touts 'Jesus for president'
Seeded on Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:05 PM EDT (CNN)
They're spiritual misfits. Rabble-rousers. They packed the shell of the old Baptist church on Negley Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to hear author, Christian activist and fellow misfit Shane Claiborne stump on the campaign for a third party candidate, Jesus.
Ubuntu 8.04: Upgrade or clean install?
Seeded on Sun May 11, 2008 8:13 AM EDT (linux.com)
Which path should you follow? Should you take advantage of Ubuntu's package manager and use it to upgrade your system to the latest 8.04 Hardy Heron release, or should you download a CD or DVD ISO image and do a clean install? Common wisdom says that doing a clean install is the …
Beyond Rape: A Survivor's Journey
Seeded on Tue May 6, 2008 11:41 AM EDT (Cleve-Blog)
On Oct. 27, 1984, a headline on Page 14A in The Plain Dealer read: "Disgusted judge gives repeat offender 30 years for rape." The story followed standard newspaper protocol: In it, the victim was anonymous.
Heavy Metal Islam
Seeded on Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:37 AM EDT (islamonline.net)
WASHINGTON — In his book Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam, University of California-Irvine professor Mark LeVine explains why harsh melodies appeal to young Muslims in the Middle East.
Spitzer Did Nothing Wrong
Seeded on Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:44 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
The outrage over former New York governor Eliot Spitzer hiring an A-list hooker makes me feel like throwing a gigantic, crippling pile of superheavy biology and economics books at everyone in the United States and possibly the world.
Picturing Women: History of the Representation of the Female
Seeded on Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:39 AM EST ()
The history of the representation of women is one that often pictures partial and full nudity along with other explicit depictions. Some contemporary artists have chosen to respond to such conventions in similarly explicit ways.
Well Done Thou Good and Faithful Servant
Seeded on Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:56 PM EST (blog.beliefnet.com)
John Edwards ended his campaign this afternoon at the same place he started it and with the same theme—ending poverty as a moral imperative.
Hillary Clinton and the Vagina Menace
Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:59 AM EST
If Ann Coulter told you once, she's told you a thousand times: Our country started going down the drain once we let women get the vote.
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Windows Vista, one of the worst products of all time, says CNET
Seeded on Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:28 PM EST (Crave / CNET)
Any operating system that provokes a campaign for its predecessor's reintroduction deserves to be classed as terrible technology. Any operating system that quietly has a downgrade-to- previous-edition option introduced for PC makers deserves to be classed as terrible technology.
Are You Micro-Managing Your Mind?
Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:09 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
One of the greatest traps in growing a business is also a pitfall for self management: if you don't trust your system, you can't let go of operational details and you'll limit your ability to create at a bigger level.
Young Adults Are Getting Hit with Enormous Overdraft Fees
Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 12:50 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
Few Americans are immune to the offers of quick, cheap and easy credit that surround us these days. Indeed, when brand-new adults first arrive on their college campuses, they are often greeted by a bank or credit card company before their resident advisor.
Iraq: Millions Trapped in Their Own Country
Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 10:51 AM EST (dahrjamailiraq.com)
BAQUBA, Nov 5 (IPS) - At least five million Iraqis have fled their homes due to the violence under the U.S.-led occupation, but half of them are unable to leave the country, according to well-informed estimates.
Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web
Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:07 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books, instead signing on with a nonprofit effort.
'The Moment Has Come to Get Rid of Saddam'
Seeded on Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:07 AM EDT (nybooks.com)
The only thing that worries me about you is your optimism. —Spanish Prime Minister José Marìa Aznar to President Bush, from the Crawford Transcript of February 22, 2003
AlterNet: WorkPlace: Slavery Is Alive and Well in the U.S.
Seeded on Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:58 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
What do you call it when those who cross the Mexican-U.S.
The Jena Six: Southern Trees Bear Strange Fruit
Seeded on Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:14 AM EDT (thewip.net)
I have always been deeply affected and influenced by music. Depending on my mood, I happily switch between drastically varying genres, but from age six when I first heard Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong deftly banter back and forth at one another, I was hooked on jazz.
Jena Six Day of Action - Cleveland, Ohio
Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:43 PM EDT
Today people across the nation gathered for a day of action to speak about and demand justice in the case of the the Jena Six.
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The Road from Media Ethics to Information Anarchy
Seeded on Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:19 AM EDT (pcmag.com)
The definition of "media" has undergone some major changes over the past few years.
Most successful pirate was beautiful and tough - CNN.com
Seeded on Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:27 PM EDT (CNN)
You can keep your Bluebeards and your Blackbeards. The most successful pirate of all time controlled a fleet of more than 1,500 ships and upwards of 80,000 sailors -- and she did it all without the help of facial hair.
Anti-authoritarian Cities
Seeded on Thu Sep 6, 2007 1:16 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Archaeologists have discovered that Brak, a Syrian city and one of the oldest urban areas in the world, was built in a way that completely defies conventional wisdom about how cities grow.
Urban Tubleweed -- the plastic scourge
Seeded on Thu Sep 6, 2007 12:53 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
They're ubiquitous. They accompany us home each time we shop. They swirl about our oceans, they cling to our trees, they drift down our city sidewalks, they adorn metal fences, they're consumed by animals. They are an urban tumbleweed, a flag of the consumer era.
The Top Ten Reasons Marijuana Should Be Legal
Seeded on Wed Sep 5, 2007 4:12 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Editor's note: There are millions of regular pot smokers in America and millions more infrequent smokers. Smoking pot clearly has far fewer dangerous and hazardous effects on society than legal drugs such as alcohol.
Google Sky launched.
Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:49 PM EDT
Google has recently released Google Earth that allows you to explore the sky called Google Sky - confused? You won't be when you download or upgrade to Version 4 of Google Earth.
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inaugural reflections - one person's perspective
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Presbyterian leaders OK gay clergy - Los Angeles Times
Presbyterian leaders OK gay clergy - Los Angeles Times
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Beyond Rape: A Survivor's Journey
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Well Done Thou Good and Faithful Servant