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Racism Bites Back, Using Religion as its Pawn
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dchopra
An article in the Washington Post On Faith in response to their question regarding Senator Obama’s decision to leave United Trinity Church.
Think Again (Gotham Chopra)
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Gotham Chopra
Forgive me for not providing the link right here, but just read an article in today’s NYTIMES about the State Department revoking its Fulbright scholarship grants to a number of Palestinian students in Gaza. The reason? Because Israel is unwilling to let students leave the region as a punishment to the controlling Hamas militant group.…
Why Do Political Lies Work?
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dchopra
Anyone who wants to reform American politics has to seriously consider the pros and cons of lying. Telling people what they want to hear has rarely lost an election. Yet nobody wants to be on the Titanic, reassured that what they felt was just a tiny bump. To begin with, there’s an assumption that no…
The Pressure To Be Good
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dchopra
In a recent interview for his new book on democracy, Bill Moyers presented the bleakest face of goodness that one could imagine. He is too gentle to mount a jeremiad, yet Moyers’ recent career has been one long lamentation. He says, “Politics can create problems that politics can’t solve,” citing the frightening rise of lobbyists,…
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