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Which Way Egypt In Gaza?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 26th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Stories continue to emerge from Gaza that Egypt is in the process of constructing a wall that would make it more difficult for Gazans to use Egypt as a point of entry into the besieged land. The Egyptian government has refused entry to a convoy of s read more
Fostering Democracy Through Youth In Turkey
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 26th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Most discussions concerning developing democracy in nations focuses on voting or economic development, but the Young Lives Foundation of Turkey believes it has identified another factor in having a democratic society-helping youth to overcome feeling read more
Irish Priest Sexual Abuse Debate Goes On
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 26th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
A recent report on the existence of child sexual abuse in Catholic churches continues to reverberate throughout Ireland. Bishops Eamon Walsh and Raymond Field were the latest members of the Catholic clergy to resign after evidence emerged there had b read more
Iran Government Message-Forget Freedom Fighters!
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 26th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
A problem for cleric fanatics when placed in charge of a government is their inability to conceive of anything other than punishment of dissent. Even after over a million people flocked to express their sorrow over the death of Grant Ayatollah Hossei read more
GI In Afghanistan -Xmas Away From Home!
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 26th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Xmas in Afghanistan is not the particularly jolly place one would seek to be in at this most holy and supposedly most joyous time of the year. It is the 8th Christmas for American soldiers to spend in a far away land with high mountains and people se read more
Chinese Dissident To Jail For 11 Years– Boycott?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 26th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Liu Xiaobo is a dissident in China. He resides in a nation that has become a leading world power and whose products are displayed in virtually all countries of the world. His crime is simple, he wants China to become a nation of laws and rights. Liu read more
Family Stockings
The Love Letters Project | December 24th 2009 by Crystal Alburger
11:41 p.m. 141st Request Dear Barack Obama, Everyone on my mom’s side of the family has the same kind of stocking: they’re white with the person’s name in red at the top, a Santa Clause face below that, and a green heel. My great-gr read more
ARMINIUS AND THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY: RIDDING CALVINISM OF ITS I…
Classical Arminianism | December 24th 2009 by William Birch
The following is part of James Luther Adams' address presented at the Arminius Symposium in Holland, August 1960: "Arminius and the Structure of Society." Not as a total stranger does the citizen of Massachusetts visit Amsterdam, a seat of the old Du read more
This Week with Henri Nouwen – The Heart of Jesus
Dream Awakener's New Blog | December 24th 2009
“Jesus is the vulnerable child, the humble preacher, the despised, rejected, and crucified Christ. But Jesus also is “the image of the unseen God, the first-born of all creation, … [who] exists before all things and in him all thing read more
Is Israel Government Anti-Jewish?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 24th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Historically, Jewish people were in the forefront of movements that endeavored to further basic human freedoms and to foster peace in the world. A new American Jewish group, J Street, has come into being over the past few years with a goal of “ read more
Limbaugh Wrong–Obama Is NOT Another Hitler!
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 24th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Right wing newscasts continue spouting claims that President Barack Obama is another Hitler who seeks to bring Nazism to this country. We offer evidence to refute this theory. Hitler was short– Obama is tall. Hitler had a mistress — Obam read more
Free Speech Society Free With Its Muslim Insults!
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 24th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
The president of the Free Speech Society in Denmark recently rather freely expressed his views on Muslims. Lars Hedegaard in an interview with the Snappen website let it all hang out as far as Muslims were concerned. “When a Muslim rapes a woma read more
Is Pope Benedict XVI In Tune With Catholics?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 24th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
There is a quiet movement spreading across many areas of the Catholic world in which intelligent people are posing questions about the leadership of their church. Several years ago, Buenos Aires approved same sex unions and there currently is a case read more
What Did PM Tony Blair Know In March, 2003?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 24th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
The question that will not go away from the life of Tony Blair is what did he know about WMD and what advice was given to him regarding his decision to enter the war against Iraq. Former foreign secretary Jack Straw is being asked by the Chilcot inqu read more
Egyptian Clerics Back Niqab Curbs
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 24th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Three of Egypt’s most prominent religious leaders announced their support for the government ban on the niqab– full face veil– in dormitories and when taking examinations. In October, Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, head of Al-Azhar, read more
Random thoughts on the day before Xmas
Colin Penter "Always keep a Diamond in your mind" | December 23rd 2009 by colin penter
(image courtesy of Mimi Larson)" In 2010 we should concentrate on generating the kind of public information, vigorous debate and grassroots organizing that could shift the center of political gravity in a progressive direction.....Among progressives, read more
Shalom Makers: Development in the Way of Christ – A More Human(…
Dream Awakener's New Blog | December 23rd 2009
The New York Times on the New Art of Flickr Originally uploaded by Thomas Hawk Check out the outline, introduction, the philosophical and ethical reasons for separation first, as we continue to look at the question, is is more Human(e) to Separate read more
HEADLINES FROM THE WORLD PRESS
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 23rd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Each day we offer a sample of headlines that appeared in the world press along with our comments. Canada, Toronto Star: “Organ Donations Lag” Hey, let’s get to work killing some more people. UK, The Independent: “Could Th read more
Are Immigrants A Risk Factor?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 23rd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
HSB Skare asked housing associations to assist their process in identifying which factors create a high risk in the health and safety environment of various of their properties. They simply wanted to get a sense of factors which might serve to reduce read more
UK Used Water Torture In Ireland
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 23rd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld and George Bush can heave a sigh of relief now that news has come of use of waterboarding by British forces in Ireland during the 1970s. It proves the dynamic trio were simply using the same techniques of interrogation as us read more
This Story Nothing To Sneeze At!
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 23rd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
There will be no sneezing for two young men during the coming fifty years that they will spend in jail for kidnapping a young girl whose family rejected the marriage proposal of one of the men. Being good Pakistani young men, being proud Muslims, the read more
Wrong Training For Wrong War?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 23rd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
President Barack Obama has made eloquent speeches about the need to fight in Afghanistan and made clear to the American people he was sending troops to that nation in order to wipe put the enemy and create conditions for peace. Republican congressmen read more
Iranian Opposition Leader Attacked
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 23rd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
If there is one thing to be said about President Ahmadinejad of Iran is his inability to grasp the need to lay low during certain moments in life. Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri died over the weekend of illness and many people representing a c read more
Confused about Copenhagen?
Dirty Girl Gardening | December 22nd 2009
Me too. To get more info about the climate negotiations in Copenhagen the past couple weeks, read here. read more
Shalom Makers: Development in the Way of Christ – Part IV
Dream Awakener's New Blog | December 22nd 2009
The New York Times on the New Art of Flickr Originally uploaded by Thomas Hawk Check out the outline, introduction and the philosophical reasons for separation first, as we continue to look at the question, is is more Human(e) to Separate Humanit read more
April Smith of AHA MEDIA is a featured storyline in ” With Glow…
AHA MEDIA | December 22nd 2009 by April Smith
This storyline is from the Documentary ‘With Glowing Hearts‘. It follows April Smith on her journey building AHA Media as the preeminent news source for Vancouver’s DTES using social media for social justice. Along the way April read more
Gender Bias In Swedish Veterinary Colleges
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 22nd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
A Swedish court ruled there was evidence of gender bias in universities that offer programs in veterinary science. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has a lottery system which is stacked to assist male applicants to be given a slot in t read more
A Punch In Mouth Restores Berlusconi Popularity
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 22nd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Silvio Berlusconi has the ability of convincing Italians that he cares about their health and security even more than his own self interests. Oh, along the way, he might have some interesting encounters with attractive women, but for many Italians, t read more
Pope Pius XII — Saint Or Sinner?
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 22nd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
The decision by Pope Benedict XVI to accelerate the process of making Pope Pius XII a saint has aroused the anger of many Jews as well as non-Jews who are disappointed with the failure of action by Pope Pius XII during World War II. Many Jewish schol read more
‘You Do It Or We Will” Say Americans To Pakistan!
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 22nd 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Ironically, President Obama who allegedly is the liberal antidote to George Bush and the military program of fighting rather than talking, has increasingly become more militant in his demands for action on the part of Pakistan. A NATO official recent read more
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