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bearing false witness

Inside job? The implications if so, of the Yad Vashem desecrations, extensive as they were, are far reaching. Certainly, the quantity and openess in which the deed was executed has some of the earmarks of people in the know as … Continue reading

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orientalism: still swingin’ the sword

So, when the sword of Constantine began a swingin’, you could say that all the alternative visions, the heretical variations of Christianity, the Gnostics, Desert Hermits etc. all got the boot and we got the Church. At the other end, … Continue reading

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the unexplained: Bacon’s believe it or rot

The Shakespeare hoax. The bard’s identity game is an old one. With Freud and Mark Twain even taking a kick at the can. James Hudson had a theory, plausible, in which Shakespeare was actually a woman, Amelia Bassano, a converso … Continue reading

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hazing rituals: carrying mother’s little helper

It was a covert operation. The woman friend was checking out the book section and faced with time to kill, he spotted a – on the christmas display- a translation of Hitler’s Mein Kampf. In a furtive gesture, the figure … Continue reading

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putting the old cat back in the bag

Its an ongoing comedy that says much more about the nature of Canadians than the actual facts surrounding the issue. Its the incongruous image of the American notion of “a gentler kinder people” and the appalling violence of the national … Continue reading

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a million bash: erasing the debt

A million people march on september 3 to demand social justice in Israel. Well a bit less than half presented themselves. A lot of folks equivalent to about 20 million in Washington. The two state solution is actually justice and … Continue reading

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where the truth lies: what is “the real thing” ?

We are often convinced we are looking at a seamless and accurate depiction of reality and the shock involved is the realization that it is not quite so obvious as we thought… What are the boundaries of artistic representation and … Continue reading

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hustling those creepy patriarchal fantasies

The packaging of male ego and sexual conquest.How its peddled , this male libido as sublimated women hatred is often a matter of status. Whether its through the latest Stieg Larrson, or Hustler magazine, the ingenuity or lack of subtlety … Continue reading

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SANTA SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: Listening to the Still Small Voice

The relation of Christmas, Santa Claus, Saint Nick and Fascism was ambiguous; as unsettling as Santa squeezing down the chimney and spreading soot on the wall to wall carpeting. Nazi Germany celebrated Christmas without Christ with the help of swastika … Continue reading

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THE ROUTING OF SAN ROMANO:PERSPECTIVE ON “RESTORING HONOR”

“Of course, there are significant differences between the two writers: Klein imagines that the problem with the world is too much focus on capitalism at the expense of progressive values and social welfare. Beck, on the other hand, loves capitalism, … Continue reading

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