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Jerusalem Controversy

PARASHAT RE’EH: Facing idolatry

The book of Deuteronomy is dedicated entirely to Moses’s parting speeches from the nation. Many issues are raised in these speeches, with the common denominator being the preparation of the nation as it is about to enter Canaan and encounter the nations there…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Explainer: Italian president seen asking Conte to form new government. What comes next?

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella is expected to give outgoing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte a mandate to form a new government backed by a coalition of the 5-Star Movement and the Democratic Party (PD), after he meets with party chiefs on …

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Global Warming

Emergency medicine for our climate fever | Kelly Wanser

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Is China’s ‘social credit’ surveillance system coming to America?

Skip to comments. Is China's 'social credit' surveillance system coming to America?Christian Post ^ | 08/28/2019 | Brandon Showalter Posted on 08/28/2019 7:49:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind China's "social credit" system, a high-tech operation that tracks an…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

The provocations of Enoch Powell

Enoch Powell, who died more than 20 years ago, is today best known as a pot-stirring populist whose inflammatory anti-migrant rhetoric descended into outright racism. Indeed Powells rivers of blood speech in 1968 led Edward Heath, then leader of the oppositio…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Today’s Quotefall Puzzle by Abraham Lincoln

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Abraham Lincoln. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president, and is credited for keeping the un…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Christianity

Why Christianity Has Thrived in the U.S.

The U.S. has always been a country of religious diversity, filled with people of many different religions as well as those with no religion at all. And yet, it’s common to hear the country labeled a “Christian nation.” The historian Jon Butler looked at some …

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Trickle-Down

Hollywood Reboots Russophobia for the New Cold War

It is an age-old question as to the extent art reflects the world we live in. Bertolt Brecht allegedly said to the contrary that art was not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it. The Marxist German playwright devised theatrical meth…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Virtual Reality

Most VR Is Total BS

A visitor plays with a virtual reality VR set at Sonys PlayStation brand booth during the Ani-Com & Games event in Hong Kong. Photo: SOPA Images/Getty Images This is going to change everything, Timothy Leary told me as he took off his bulky headset and p…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

Paris

French Police Team Destroys Virus That Hit Nearly 1 Million Computers

A police team in France has destroyed a computer hacking network that affected more than 850,000 computers around the world. Following a tip, the French cybercrime fighting team, C3N, found and destroyed the pirate server, located in the Paris area. The serv…

bubmagAugust 28, 2019

PARASHAT RE’EH: Facing idolatry

Explainer: Italian president seen asking Conte to form new government. What comes next?

Emergency medicine for our climate fever | Kelly Wanser

The provocations of Enoch Powell

Today’s Quotefall Puzzle by Abraham Lincoln

Why Christianity Has Thrived in the U.S.

Hollywood Reboots Russophobia for the New Cold War

Most VR Is Total BS

French Police Team Destroys Virus That Hit Nearly 1 Million Computers

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