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76Simonini's Masterpiece--The Prague Cemetery
In the chapters I will be writing about today, the artist realizes his vision, creating the core of what will in Russian hands become the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Chapter 12: A Night in Prague In prison, Joly asked Simonini to go to a...
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74Fiction and History--The Prague Cemetery, Part 7
Simonini is tired of his moralist companion in narration and memory. The Abbe, he says, should be more like Father Bergameschi, recognizing the realities of life. He is too fond of judging, of accusing. Meanwhile, in the story they have been...
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72Honor Roll of American Hate Groups, Racists, Nativists, Militia-men, Homophobes, Anti-Semites and other Extremists
Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs and Joe Wilson head the list. Dobbs called President Obama a racist. Congressman Joe Wilson called the president a liar. Limbaugh blamed Obama for an attack by black kids on white kids saying it was par for the course in "Obama's America."Former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough and columnist Tom Friedman warned that using such poisonous language could lead to deadly consequences.
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83The Merchant of Venice: Comedy or Tragedy?
The works of William Shakespeare are regarded the world over for their unique insight into the human condition. Although on the surface, Shakespeare’s writings frequently appear to uphold the Elizabethan...
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74Fiction with a Bomb--The Prague Cemetery, Finale
What could unite all the disparate elements we have encountered in The Prague Cemetery ? Only conspiracy, created, manipulated, and merging with the true, and so it is. If Simonini is his own dupe, believing his own creation is fact, there...
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75The Zookeeper's Wife: Righteous Poland
Diane Ackerman is a fine storyteller, and that may be part of the problem that I have with her history, The Zookeeper's Wife . And she found a good story to tell: the activities of the Warsaw Zoo's zookeeper and his wife in the Resistance and as...
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79Racism in America: Racial Hypersensitivity Blinds Us from the Truth
The trend towards hypersensitivity has many looking for racism where there isn't any, creating tension where there need not be, and distracting from real racial issues as time is spent chasing ghosts... and vampire squids.
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72Ordinary wizards: The psychology of evil in the Harry Potter universe
By Mikhail Lyubansky That the Harry Potter stories are primarily about good and evil is undeniable, and no fictional character since Darth Vader has embodied the latter quality as thoroughly as Lord...
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69What Jesus Looked Like: Thoughts on Profiling
Some thoughts on racial profiling alongside what Jesus may have really looked like!
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70Representations of the Holocaust
The Holocaust is a very touchy subject for many people in many countries. Because of the survivors, we are able to learn from the past and gain a better understanding of what occurred during this infamous period of time. In...
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