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Who are the Warmongers?

Who is honouring and celebrating murderers and baby killers?

(LONDON) - Did you ever ponder about the question: Who is promoting America's wars? Who pushed for the war on Iraq? Who is pushing for another war on Iran?

Who is promoting concepts of American Exceptionalism., military necessity, and "leadership with muscle"? Who is indoctrinating American police and public with "educational" programmes of "Law Enforcement"?

Rev Allan Boesak calls Israeli apartheid `more terrifying` than South Africa ever was

Dr Hanan Chehata interviews Revd Allan Boesak

(MELBOURNE) - It is quite incredible how Western governments honour people like Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Tutu for their courage and determination in the struggle to ban Apartheid South Africa.

Yet when these same South Africans and many others call attention to Israel’s apartheid policies and practices against the Palestinians, they are ignored as if they have nothing to add from all their bitter experiences.

A Must-do Menu

The time is past due to use protest movements and social networks to educate the public. If you have a different “must-do menu” do it! Start now!

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - I'm writing this for people who will never read it without prompting: members of working families who relax by watching TV after a long work day and after they put the children to bed.

People without spouses and children, including students, don't often read articles like this either.

Cry for Freedom by a Nude Egyptian Blogger

“In a culture that believes the devil’s lure and the route to hell lie in the naked face and eyes of a woman, stark nudity could very well be a revolutionary cry and a suicidal choice.”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - For me the news is what we see on the streets and not what we read in the morning papers or watch on the TV news.

I believe that the street is the honest reflection to our economy, behavioral sociology, politics, faith, and sexuality, to our education, our sense of beauty and our respect for freedoms and human rights, or our lack of respect for them, for that matter.

EGYPT: Gynecologist & Cairo woman discuss female mutilation

Circumcision is known to cause psychological blockings due to the physical pain and unease that is connected to the genital area by memory.

(CAIRO WNN) - Myself I never performed a circumcision, but my colleagues tell me that it was a fairly ordinary practice here until the 1997s,” he says ”but in the years from then and until 2008, where it was made illegal, it became less ordinary.”

“I have only been repairing,” he says, referring to those one or two times a week, when a young woman will be brought in with a ‘traumatic case,’ as he calls it.

Is New Age Spiritualism Really New?

Availability Cascades - Is New Age Spiritualism Really New?
“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” - Ecclesiastes 1:9

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) - First, ODD MAN OUT wants to assure readers that although not a Christian, I did spend the night at a Holiday Inn® recently that turned me into a New Age spiritual expert.

And like every other self-absorbed American, from Baby Boomers to the present Generation What-ev-er, I didn’t bring a book so I perused the Gideon Bible when my wi-fi didn’t work and the Playboy channel was blocked.

Golden Age Has Its Silver Lining

As we age, some social roles are shed. How do we fill that void?

(SALEM) - Who among us does not age? I have yet to meet that individual. Since I was raised in part by both sets of grandparents during WWII and beyond, I began to admire older folks many moons ago. It is no accident that after ten years of being a full-time journalist I switched course to become a gerontologist.

The Bouncer

“The need to act immediately because of a higher degree of risk,” is a spurious argument that applies to all countries.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Here's a story to think about: A bouncer at a night club doesn't like the looks of one of the customers. What makes matter worse is that the customer is loud-mouthed and vilifying night club bouncers, saying that they are the ones who should be kicked out of the club.

The bouncer takes a night stick that he has for just such an occasion, walks over to the table where the noisy customer is ranting and raving.

People of Faith

Man is not the voice of God: God is neutral; Evangelicals are not who would reject the First Amendment if we let them.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Herman Cain has said he prayed fervently to God asking if he should seek the nomination of the Republican Party of God, and God answered by him telling him, as a man of faith, just what he wanted to hear.

Rick Perry is also a man of faith the value of which has been sorely tested when in debates God seems to have let him down.

Palestine - What Next?

The Palestinian refugees and their descendants are an awesome tribute to the success of Zionist ethnic cleansing.

(LONDON) - In advance of the formal burial of the Palestinian Authority’s bid for state recognition at the UN, BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme was on the right track.

In his introduction to a quite revealing report, presenter John Humphrys said reporter Kevin Connolly had gone to Israel to find out “what hopes there are, if any, for the establishment of a Palestinian state.”