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In Europe before World War One Jews were better integrated into German society than almost anywhere else on the continent.  There were lots of intermarriages as well.  In Bosnia Christians and Muslims lived together peacefully under Tito’s Communist rule, far and away the mildest form of Communist rule that had ever existed.  Again there was…

I have been very critical of President Obama as regular readers of this blog know.  I am therefore happy to give him credit where it is due, and his support of the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” is a heartening example of leadership and courage where there is no a obvious political payoff.   I am…

Randy “Duke” Cunningham, who went to prison for serious corruption (he took in $2.4 million in bribes) was an ultra-right wing Republican congressman.  A few years behind bars have turned him into an advocate of prison reform.  In addition he has begun teaching other prisoners to get their GEDs. [Too] many students have severe learning…

The  “Ground Zero” mosque debate in the US and the burqa debate in Europe both highlight a tension embedded in the middle of modern democratic thinking, one that I have been grappling with for years: How does the well-being of society relate to the freedom of citizens?  This issue emerged again yesterday and today in…
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