Tag Archives: 9-11

Frontline’s “Top Secret America” Extended Trailer

And here’s the Washington Post page devoted to the subject: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/

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Is Islam a violent religion in the same way that it is a patriarchal religion?

In a recent New York Times essay, Robert Wright attempts to complexify the “jihadi intent” narrative for the Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, to which Jerry Coyne dismissively retorts: It’s social difficulties, mental illness, financial problems, and American depredations in the Middle … Continue reading

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Structural Demolition and the Religious Psyche

Hmm. I understand the metaphor, but there’s also something vaguely disturbing about mixing a spiritual message with the primitive glee of tearing down a real building:

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