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Fundamentalism And Freedom

Arnold Hamilton - December 26, 2013 0

BY SHARON MARTIN I grew up in a fundamentalist home. The rules and the beliefs seemed arbitrary to me even as a child. Example: I wasn’t...

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Merry Christmas, Right-Wingers, The Red Pope, And Jesus

Arnold Hamilton - December 25, 2013 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Ah, ’tis the season for family, friends, eggnog, chipmunks singing Christmas carols – and all-out, no-mercy, blow-’em-all-to-hell WAR. Not war like in Afghanistan. No, no – this is the far-right’s God-awful “War on the War on Christmas.” In this season of Peace on Earth, a delusional faction of rightist has cooked up […]

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Reality Has Its Risks

Arnold Hamilton - December 25, 2013 0

BY FROMA HARROP The honchos at A&E, professing shock that an old Southern redneck from their reality TV hit Duck Dynasty made the sort of homophobic remarks one would expect from an old Southern redneck, yanked Phil Robertson off the show. A culture war skirmish ensued. Gay rights groups condemned Robertson, who shared his raw […]

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