Nancy Graham, an old friend of mine, and talented documentary producer and journalist, moved to Denmark,  For many years she taught journalism at the University of Aarhus.  Europe has much more actual experience with Muslims than does the US, and Nancy became interested in women’s status in Islam, which involved her learning a great deal…

When I became a Pagan I had to rethink my views about Christianity, which had become overwhelmingly negative.  If the Sacred manifested in many ways and everywhere, it had to manifest there as well.  But as the religious right in Protestant and conservative Catholic guises became Christianity’s public face, the evidence increasingly indicated that tgis…

One of the less commented on aspects of the recent overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt is its extraordinary peacefulness. Or was it so extraordinary? America’s gun fantasists have poisoned public debate over guns’ role in a civilized society with plenty of chest thumping about their  importance in overthrowing tyranny. And while their definition of…

This post repeats my reply to Randi’s comment on my “Abortion, Slavery and Women” post.  It does not deal with abortion because she raised more important issues. With clarifying revisions here and there added at 9:20 PST. More cleaning up of typos on Wednesday

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