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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
11 Apr 2005 10:15:35 AM |
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Misc. |
The price of pleasure
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1456574,00.html
We do need a debate on abortion - not about legality or time limits but
about why so many are necessary
Madeleine Bunting
Monday April 11, 2005
The Guardian
It was the debate that didn't happen. The abortion issue reared its
head for a brief moment in the phoney pre-election period, prompting
horror and outrage at the prospect of American political religiosity in
the UK, before it was swiftly buried by nervous, evasive politicians.
The politicians were right - there is no evidence, apart from the
strenuous efforts of a small minority, that the British public want a
big row about abortion. The British have achieved a very typical kind
of pragmatic settlement on the issue: legalised abortion is the lesser
evil. They don't want to return to women dying in backstreet abortions
- but it's not an issue they want to talk or think about. Abortion
remains, as Ann Furedi of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service points
out, one of Britain's last taboos.
Madeleine Bunting
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The fire that's smouldering under Bush
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1456576,00.html
The Republicans are in trouble without an anointed successor
Peter Preston
Monday April 11, 2005
The Guardian
The most pulsating polls of the moment have nothing to do with the
Tories closing the gap or falling further behind - according to which
Sunday paper you're reading. Indeed, their findings have nothing
directly to do with Britain 2005 at all. (We'll do indirectly in a
moment.)
These are the polls that measure a re-elected George Bush's popularity,
and thus the "dividend" he intended to spend on "being Bush". Strange
news: there is no dividend. And George, at this point of the second
term, is the least popular president of the US since the second world
war.
Peter Preston
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Catholics in U.S. Keep Faith, but Live With Contradictions
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/international/worldspecial2/11catholic.html?pagewanted=all&position=
By DEAN E. MURPHY and NEELA BANERJEE
The views of American Catholics on social and moral issues have come to
mirror those of other Americans.
Inquiries of Top Lobbyist Shine Unwelcome Light in Congress
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/politics/11lobby.html?pagewanted=all&position=
By PHILIP SHENON
Disclosures about Jack Abramoff's lobbying activities have become
embarrassing to prominent members of Congress.
Jack Abramoff
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In the Partisan Power Struggle, a New Underdog Tries Old Tricks
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/politics/11strategy.html?pagewanted=all&position=
By ROBIN TONER and CARL HULSE
Democratic leaders are making the case that in 2005 it is Congressional
Republicans who are drunk with power, overreaching on issues, ethically
challenged and out of touch.
Harry Reid
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Democrats
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G.O.P.
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I.B.M. Hopes to Profit by Making Patents Available Free
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/technology/11ibm.html?pagewanted=all&position=
By STEVE LOHR
I.B.M. is renowned for its big, rich storehouse of patented inventions.
So why is it giving away some of its research for free?
Patents
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Intellectual property
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A Magazine for Hispanics Who Prefer to Read English
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/business/media/11spanish.html
By ERYN BROWN
Tu Ciudad is targeting "acculturated" Hispanics, who identify strongly
with mainstream American culture while also staying close to their
Latin roots.
Hispanics
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Amazon Expands Into Book Printing
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/technology/11ecom.html?pagewanted=all&position=
By BOB TEDESCHI
Amazon entered new turf last week when it bought BookSurge, a book
printing business specializing in so-called on-demand printing.
ecommerce OR "e Commerce"
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Dramatizing a Scandal That Rocked the Church
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/11/arts/television/11fath.html?pagewanted=all&position=
By JACQUES STEINBERG
The creators of "Our Fathers," Showtime's new film about the sexual
abuse scandal in the Boston archdiocese, intend to provoke outrage and
discussion in viewers of all faiths.
Church's Influence Waning in Once Fervently Catholic Spain
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A42739-2005Apr10?language=printer
Religion's Decline In Europe Among Biggest Challenges For Next Pontiff
By Keith B. Richburg, Page A15
MADRID -- For centuries, the Vatican considered Spain the most Catholic
country of Europe. The Spanish defeat of the Muslims at Granada in 1492
consolidated Roman Catholicism's hold on the continent, and the
Inquisition rooted out those who failed to adhere to the strict
Catholic line. Spain's conquest of the Americas extended the Vatican's
reach. And Spain gave birth to such pious religious orders as the
Dominicans, the Jesuits and Opus Dei.
Santorum Urges DeLay to Answer Critics
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42422-2005Apr10.html
By Mike Allen, Page A05
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), one of Capitol Hill's leading
conservatives, warned House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.)
yesterday that he needs to "lay out what he did and why he did it" if
he is going to put an end to questions about his travel and dealings
with lobbyists.
Kerry Alleges Intimidation of Voters in 2004
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42424-2005Apr10.html
Page A05
BOSTON, April 10 -- Many would-be voters in last year's presidential
election were denied access to the polls through trickery and
intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry
told the Massachusetts League of Women Voters on Sunday.
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