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| Questioning
the War on Terror |
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Bush and Cheney exploited religious and
cultural differences between the US and the Middle East to secure
public support for a "War on Terror" by tacitly pitting Christianity
against Islam. According to Kevin Barrett's new book, Questioning
the War on Terror: A Primer for Obama Voters, Barack Obama
was elected to the presidency for one overriding reason: Most Americans
were wary of being manipulated for political purposes and supported a
man who promised to take a different path. Read an extract. More |
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| Africa's
population boom traps children in poverty |
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A baby is born every second in Africa, where
the world's highest fertility rates are threatening to drive a
desperate continent even deeper into poverty. A McClatchy special
report shows how Africa's population boom is pushing children and
families to the brink, and how the U.S. government contributed to the
crisis. Opposition to birth control comes from the Roman Catholic
Church, and from husbands who consider big families badges of masculine
accomplishment, health workers say. More
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| An Irish
Tragedy: How sex abuse by Irish priests helped cripple the Catholic
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Investigative reporter Joe Rigert’s search for
the roots of the Catholic sex-abuse scandals led him to Ireland. With An
Irish Tragedy he has moved into territory not yet explored
by those seeking answers, namely the ethnic component to clergy abuse.
Ultimately, Rigert reveals that abuse by Irish priests mirrors a sexual
disorder in the Vatican itself. The late Pope John Paul II looked to
Ireland to maintain his strict view on sexual morality, but could not
enforce it even in his own nation state. Read the forward as an
excerpt. More |
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Embryo as
epiphenomenon: An epiphenomenon is a secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside a primary phenomenon that causes it. Bioethicist Ronald M. Green argues that the commitment to the welfare of the human embryo that animates much of the current ethical objection to hES cell research is epiphenomenal in this sense. It springs from the soil of deeper social, economic, cultural and ecclesiastical realities, and deeper value disagreements. Unless these realities are addressed, it will be hard to achieve forward movement in our stem cell and related reproductive medicine debates.
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