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Why We Need the Tabloids – NYTimes.com

Posted in Opinion, tagged , on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Why We Need the Tabloids – NYTimes.com. The tabloids may test the limits of the ethically or legally acceptable, but they are often doing so in the service of a popular desire to see behind the facade of public life. They rely on the appeal (a very human one) of seeing elements of our societies [...]

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Religion and Intolerance

Posted in Essays, tagged , , on February 6, 2006 | 5 Comments »

Idea Review The Need for Moral Relativism Lorenzo Albacete, a Roman Catholic priest writing in The New York Times, has put forth a fascinating if flawed defense of Pope Benedict XVIth’s encyclical “God is Love”. His commentary correctly states that the resistance of many non-believers to religion centers around the idea of the intolerance of [...]

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Muhammad Cartoons, Democracy and A Free Press

Posted in Essays, tagged , , on February 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

As several papers have indicated in their editorials, blasphemy in their view is not a crime.Indeed, one could argue that blasphemy is a responsibilty for any democratic society…. Whether their ultimate aim is to preserve democracy or not is impossible to guess, but there is little doubt that no country can claim to be free or democratically governed by its people unless it allows blasphemy.

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Ideologues at the Lectern

Posted in Ideas, tagged , , on January 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Idea Review David Horowitz and The Academic Bill of Rights David Horowitz, who’s become infamous in academic circles for his so-called “Academic Bill of Rights” repeats more nonsense in a recent piece in The LA Times. I have several responses to “Ideologues at the Lectern.” The first part of my response, as I’ve stated before, [...]

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