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Toward Muslim American Citizens, Sarah Palin Plays the Dolchstoss Card (the Dagger Thrust from the Enemy Within)

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Above: a 1919 postcard image of a Jew stabbing a German soldier in the back. Source: Wikipedia Commons. The dolchstoss  (dagger thrust) legend was a canard perpetrated by German conservatives after the first World War. The claim was that the German … Continue reading →

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How Free is Your Speech if You Are an Instructor at a Publicly Financed School?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

According to the ACLU website, if you are a public school teacher your free speech latitude depends on two things: where you are expressing yourself (in or out of the classroom); and whether you teach minors or adults. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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“The Vampire” (A Poem by Santi Tafarella)

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

                    She calls it love at first sight,   so I’ll play with her cliche,   let it trip and tickle back to her   upon my tongue, tease her with … Continue reading →

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Does Sarah Palin Follow Machiavelli or Jesus?: The Matthew 25 Network, a Diverse Group of Christians, Sends an Open Letter to Palin Appealing to Her to Stop Lying on the Campaign Trail, and to Stop Using Karl Rove-like Political Tactics

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Are the politics of Machiavelli and Shakespeare’s Iago (in Othello)—and by extension, the politics of Karl Rove—in accord with the gospel of Jesus and the Christian witness? The Matthew 25 Network thinks not, and sent an open letter to Palin … Continue reading →

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