Monday, September 12, 2011

More Mychal Judge Commemorative Pieces: Kittredge Cherry and Lisa Fullam

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More on Mychal Judge, the Franciscan saint of 9/11, this weekend at Kittredge Cherry's Jesus in Love blog : Kittredge offers an e...

David Bromwich and Chris Hedges on Aftermath of 9/11: Moral Voices Worth Hearing

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In my view, two of the best statements, the most morally truthful ones, to appear during the commemoration of the 9/11 ten-year anniv...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Reflections on the 9/11 Commemoration: Mourning for Whom, for What?

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I was not going to write about 9/11 today because the commemoration of that day has been so hyped by the American mainstream media, t...

Ellis O'Hanlon on Vatican Response to Enda Kenny: Facts vs. Truth

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Brilliant analysis by Ellis O'Hanlon in the Irish Independent today about the distinction between facts and the truth, and how  ...

George Lakoff and Bill Keller on Role of Mainstream Media, Post 9/11

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George Lakoff at Huffington Post on the role of the mainstream media in propagating right-wing frames for the significant issues we ...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

More Alan Bennett: His Lady in a Van

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And speaking of characters and saints who stretch the boundaries of imagination (piggybacking on what I have just posted about Mychal...

A 9/11 Remembrance: NPR Pays Tribute to Father Mychal Judge

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On the eve of the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, I want to take note of NPR's tribute to Father Mychal Judge earlier this week.  A ...