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Archive for March 27th, 2011
The Beatification of a Pope
by Bill Briggs, Huffington Post, excerpted Critics of (John Paul’s) sainthood … are simply asking is: did he, as pope, offer a blueprint that we, as humans, should be following?….. As I reported my book, The Third Miracle, the Indiana nun who spearheaded the campaign for the most r[...]
Taxing the Rich: Great in Boom Times BAD now!
Nearly half of California’s income taxes before the recession came from the top 1% of earners: households that took in more than $490,000 a year. High earners, it turns out, have especially volatile incomes—their earnings fell by more than twice as much as the rest of the population’s [...]
Of Blasphemy and Blame I
Comment on HorsesAss: Two writers discussing who really killed Jesus. “Well, yeah…it was the Romans who whipped Jesus and then nailed what was left him to a cross—while the Jews applauded. All in all, rather like the rabble in a great many places attending public torture and executions as [...]
March 27th, 2011 - 11:47 am § in Schools & Colleges
WGU: Advertizing on the web.
One of the red flags that heighten my concerns about WGU is their extensive use of web advertising. Yesterday morning I was researching a Huff Post piece on a Vatican Effort to reach out to aetheists. To my surprise, one such link brought me to a website called “The Damned.” I assume tha[...]
March 27th, 2011 - 10:11 am § in Religion
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Who Wrote The Bible and Why It Matters
A Very Worthwhile Read in the Age of Radical American Fundamentalism.[...]
OF BLASPHEMY AND BLAME II
A week ago, I posted a comment on the Pope’s recent assertion that only a few Jews of Jesus time were guilty of deicide. My main argument was that the Pope, in the tradition of his predecessors, avoided the real issue … blaming Rome for its brutality toward the Jews.1700 years [...]