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Farwell Abby Lockhart, Hello Job
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Brad Hirschfield
Apparently, the writers of NBC’s hospital drama, ER, are reading their Bible. They liberally seasoned last night’s departure of long-time star, Maura Tierney who played Dr. Abby Lockhart, with lengthy citations from the Book of Job. And although they never identified the source of the moving poetry that was voiced over the dramatic scenes, they…
Christians March in Jerusalem
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Brad Hirschfield
Let’s hear it for the thousands of Christians who took to the streets of Jerusalem yesterday to proclaim their love of Israel – especially because the event was largely free of the right-wing politics that often mark such events both in Israel and in America. In fact, I think that the reason some folks are…
Obama and McCain as Panderers-in-Chief
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Brad Hirschfield
The star of last night’s debate was clearly Joe Wurzelbacher, otherwise known as Joe the Plumber. The winner is up for debate. But Americans were certainly the losers as both candidates competed not for the role of Commander-in-Chief, but for the role of Panderer-in-Chief. In these troubled times, we can and should demand more from…
This Sukkot: Seven Steps to Spiritual Openness
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jsturiale
Sukkot, the Jewish holiday first mentioned in Leviticus 23:34 and known to Christians as Tabernacles, celebrates the desert journey from slavery to freedom taken by the Israelites. It also celebrates our own spiritual journeys and provides a way to make that journey with both genuine commitment and real openness. The sukkah, it turns out is…
Cancerous Faith
By
Brad Hirschfield
Faith is central to living a good life – it may be faith in God, it may be in science, it may be in those we love. Frankly, I believe in them all even as I appreciate that they are not all exactly the same. And faith in things greater than us is a necessary…
The Holocaust, Tarantino-style: Jews Scalping Nazis
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Brad Hirschfield
Quentin Tarantino’s newest film, Inglorious Bastards, stars Brad Pitt and begins filming this week in Germany. Telling the story of Jews taking violent revenge on their Nazi tormentors, the movie includes the exploits of a unit of Jewish members of the US Army, led by Pitt and known as “The Bastards”, who torture, scalp, and…
Greed On Main Street as Dangerous as on Wall Street
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Brad Hirschfield
Listed $140,000 Below Its Value Denver Just One Market Where Houses Sell For A Fraction of Their Worth This headline, found on the AOL Homepage’s opening gallery, proves both how little we have learned from the current economic crises, and how much worse things may get because of that. A house can not, by definition,…
Pope Benedict’s Yom Kippur Mass: Colossal Faux Pas or Wonderful Opportunity?
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Brad Hirschfield
Both great irony and a profound opportunity for all of us can be found as Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate a special Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Pope Pius XII, whose response to the Nazis stirs controversy to this day. The mass coincides with the historic visit…
Wright, Keating and Muthee: With Friends Like These, Do Candidates Need Enemies?
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Brad Hirschfield
Obama and Jeremiah Wright, McCain and Charles Keating, Palin and Pastor Muthee. Should we judge these candidates by the company that they keep? Is that unfair guilt by asscociation? I think that candidates should be judged by both the company they keep and why they keep them. Having personally stood with many people on account…
Besides Sex – Reasons Why Men Cheat
By
Brad Hirschfield
According to a new study by marriage counselor M. Gary Neuman, 1 out of 2.7 of us men cheat on our wives, and most of them will never find out. From which we can deduce one of two things: either its time for the rest of us to join the party because we aren’t going…
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