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Religion's scapegoats: Finding blame in all the wrong places
3:31 AM 2/19/2007 — It seems in vogue lately to blame all the world's problems on organized religion, specifically Christianity. Lee Feder's recent column "Losing our religion" is the latest in the series of these factually-deficient attacks on religion.
There is the oft-recycled claim that organized religion has caused most of the conflict in the world.
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Troubling trends with black America and homophobia
8:15 PM 2/19/2007 — Former Miami Heat guard and five-time All-Star Tim Hardaway caused quite a stir last week after sharing some rather unedited thoughts on gay people. His remarks came during a radio interview just one week after John Amaechi became the first former NBA player to disclose his homosexuality.
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Famous politicos and Academy voters: an award-worthy match
11:05 PM 2/18/2007 — When I was in grade school I listened to Weird Al Yankovic and Presidents of the United States of America. When I began to understand what real music was, I listened to Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton and Blues Traveler. I can barely read music and I don't hold a music degree but I played the oboe in grade school (quite well I think).
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