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The latest news on Iraq, Congress, Nuclear Weapons, Darfur, health insurance, California welfare, education, immigration, religion, and select op-eds. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Iraq-Congress. Democrats to Deal With Iraq War – “Democratic leaders who had hoped to emphasize their domestic agenda in the opening weeks…

Thanks to Christianity Today for quoting Brian McLaren, Jim Wallis, and Shane Claiborne’s blog entries in a recent round-up of Christian leaders’ views (scroll down to topic #3) on the execution of Saddam Hussein. But with respect to my colleagues (who focused more on the moral/spiritual aspects), one salient point that I’ve found missing from…

In this time of heightened tensions among the three Abrahamic faiths, it is essential that we reach out to representatives of other religions who are potential partners for peace. Last September, the Very Rev. Sam Lloyd and I invited the Mohammed Khatami, former President of Iran, to speak at Washington National Cathedral. In December, I…
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