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The Jewel in the Ballot Box: Electing a New Dalai Lama

A Tibetan weighs in on His Holiness' idea of a non-reincarnated predecessor.

Related Topics: Faiths, Buddhism, Government, Tibetan, Democracy, selection process, political power, Candidate, election system, genuine democratic, reincarnation process, Political

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No Faith in This Force

Memo to would-be Jedis: in the new movie, the knights are elitist, dictatorial, and unconvinced that good is an absolute.

Related Topics: Entertainment, Movies, Religion, Jedi, official religion, Moral Relativism, real world, Evil, actual story, civilian authority, Force, Opening Day

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Imbalancing Act

Without recognizing the common humanity of Israelis and Palestinians, we'll never get our footing on the road to peace.

Related Topics: News, Politics, Palestinian, Palestinians, civilian casualties, lasting peace, official Israeli, Gaza, Palestinian militant groups, Palestinian civilian casualties, official Israeli response, Military

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Reckoning in Sudan

Did the world ignore another African genocide? The U.N. investigates Darfur's horrors.

Related Topics: News, Politics, Crime, Government, commission, humanitarian law, War Crimes, international human rights, international humanitarian law, international community, violation, International Law

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Pagans Reject the Idea of Evil--
How Do We Respond to Terrorism?

We have nature as our teacher, and a set of rough ethics that value life, balance, and interconnection.

Related Topics: Faiths, Earth Based Religions, Violence, Life, pagan response, Ideology, economic system, Global Warming, value life, Evil, Israeli independence movement, Authority

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What Is a Hindu Kingdom?

A popular pilgrimage site, Nepal has been paralyzed by protests against the king, considered by supporters to be a Hindu god.

Related Topics: Faiths, Hinduism, Hindu, Hindu kingdom, king, religious leaders, pro democracy movement, violent repression, Religion, absolute power, pro democracy demonstrators, countrys minority religions

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Striking the Rock

Both sides in the Gaza crisis should reflect on what the Torah teaches about our responses under pressure.

Related Topics: Faiths, Judaism

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Is Just War Theory Too Malleable?

Has the theory outlived its usefulness? Or does it simply need to be updated to address the kind of realities we face with Iraq?

Related Topics: News, War, Doctrine, Christian, modern warfare, legitimate authority, moral, moral constraint, national sovereignty, Authority, American people

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Loose Canon Archive: July 2005

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

Related Topics: News

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The Zen of Military Healing

How Western medicine and Eastern techniques helped one Vietnam vet cope with the pain of cancer recovery.

Related Topics: Health, Physical Health, Pain Management, Soldier, Soldiers, Veteran, Veterans, Veterans Day, Pain, Surgery, id, parade grounds, mind altering drug cocktail, Morphine, routine drill instruction, teetering Asian domino, healing military gods, Military

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