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AIPAC Is the Only Explanation for America’s Morally Bankrupt Israeli Policy As we speak, today, Israel is expanding it ground offensive in Palestine. [US] politicians and policymakers continue to back a brutal military campaign whose primary purpose is not to defend Israel but rather to protect its longstanding effort to colonize the West Bank.…
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Israel’s Messy Package (Part 2)
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Yesterday, in Part 1, I told my personal family’s jewish history in an attempt to put the existence of Israel into a broader context. Earlier enough, I had dispensed with the myth of my youth, that Israel was simply the world’s and Palestine’s gift to the jewish culture, a safe harbor for Jews following the…
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Israel’s Messy Package (Part 1)
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“Creating land already occupied by Palestinians would ‘imperil not just American but all Western interests in the Middle East.’” —Dean Acheson, 1947, statesman and foreign policy expert for several presidential administrations, including as Harry Truman’s Secretary of State In the early 1900s, both sides of my Jewish family fled the Kiev countryside because of the militant…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Influences
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLymhfrj7ps” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] How do you describe it? What culture, family, or church constraints do you think interfere with full equality for all people? Let’s hear your voice. Make a video, write a poem, song, or an essay — or even create an original work of art — and express your thoughts on these…
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Counting on what is good
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By everyone’s estimation, last week was bad, in fact we are having many bad weeks piling up for sometime now. But, these horrible events distract us from all the good that is emerging at the same time. It’s not Pollyanna-like to see that this cauldron of world-wide strife is now bubbling over for all to…
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Our Horrible Days
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How Do We Respond to This Really Horrible Day? “It’s too late to reverse the death and destruction, but it’s never too early to advocate for peace and life.” — Paul Brandeis Raushenbush Just 3 days ago, believing things are getting worse at a faster pace than ever before, we revisited Where Does of All This F*cking…
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Transreligion for Athiests and Non-Athiests Alike
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Religious myth has only degraded and inhibited human progress. Essentially all contemporary religions are myth based. Christianity fails the test of worth when it relies on Hebrew racial myth (the old testament) and Greek philosophical myth (the concept of the Christos and related ideas) as absolute truths. We know that nothing that draws on such ancient Sci-Fi…
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Evil is not itself a reality. Rather, it is the absence of meaningful reality. Believers, Atheists, and Humanists alike are asking questions, trying to rationalize evil in the world. It seems like civilization is in retrograde when it appears to us that right-wingnuts are making more progress than they should. So what’s the answer? We…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: What stands in the way?
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wucuxuRpgRs” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] What stands in the way of your sexual freedom? We want to know! Make a video, write a poem, song, or an essay — or even create an original work of art — and express your thoughts. If we feature your contribution on the site, we will send you…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Discussing Polyamory
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ_6-tJOl94″ pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Polyamory, loving more than one partner, is finally getting the exposure it needs in the media and elsewhere. These are natural relationships based on shared values and deserve just as much respect as any other relationship. This may not be your cup of tea but that doesn’t mean you are incapable of…
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