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By George Cassidy Payne Photos: Wikimedia Commons I recently came across another one of those confident social media posts claiming that Western civilization is essentially the product of…
By George Cassidy Payne Photos: Wikimedia Commons In an age when identity is policed by political tests and theological purity codes, the claim that no single tradition holds…
By George Cassidy Payne Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” —Frederick Douglass America likes to tell its story as a procession…
Bill Maher. HBO screenshot Bill Maher, host of HBO Real Time and purported comedian, gleefully used the n-word on his show this week. His guest for the segment,…
Dear Gov. Dannel Malloy, Lt. Gov Nancy Wyman, CT Public Safety Commissioner Dora Schriro: We Refuse to Be Enemies is a coalition of Jews, Muslims, and Christians in…
Have you ever met a Muslim? Have you ever attended a prayer service at an Islamic mosque? Prior to the attacks on 9/11, Islam was a curiosity here…
“Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air… Where are the clowns?” I have a new appreciation for the…
Jan 19 (GIN) – While the President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, marched in a Paris rally to support the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, anger was rising at…
