Holding a Moral Center as Civilization Fell
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"Hotel Rwanda" is a political thriller based on fact that hammers every button on the emotional console.
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societies went to work picking up bits of flesh and bone for burial under Jewish law. &quot;In many cases we prevent heavy disasters.
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This wrenching political thriller lends a human face to an upheaval so savage it seemed beyond the realm of imagination when news of it filtered into the West.
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Tourists struggle with the wisdom and ethics of vacationing in disaster-hit regions.
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ATHENS -- The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad -- the great disaster that wasn&#39;t -- come to an emotional end this afternoon and, really, the world owes Athens an apology.
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UMW professor says people should not expect quick, dramatic change in dynamics following death of longtime leader. As Palestinians mourn the death of their leader, Yasser Arafat, attention is shifting to who
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The history of how Christianity became an accepted mainstream religion is an interesting one. If you have never heard the story of the Roman Emperor Constantine and his effect on the world's current religious landscape, read on to learn how one mans actions during his rise to power changed the world forever.
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YASSER Arafatâs death is a development of monumental dimensions. The void it has left in one of the worldâs most disturbed and disturbing regions would be hard to fill, but filled it has to be.
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Palestinian society is splintered along deep political, geographic and ideological lines that will be exacerbated by the death of Arafat.
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What used to matter isn't so critical anymore.
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Debate on Orson Welles used to center on the cause of his decline. Now the decline itself is in question.
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History today is not so much written by the victors as by the vanquished.
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As economic forces push them toward a former ruler, they struggle to redefine their identity.
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For a growing number of churches, the boundary between sacred space and marketplace is coming down.
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The problem with nationalism is that it will align itself with and act in the common good of humanity only when its own interests are also served. And of course, if its interests are served by stability, which might sometimes be served by propping up corrupt regimes, such as in Burma and its supply of natural gas to India and China, no action will come at all. Agitation then to get countries to do something is pointless. National governments exist to serve that country's citizens, not humanity. That fundamental structural defect means that nations are unreliable agents of the common good. They will never act for the common good of humanity on principle alone.  However, with the rise of the Internet, we have a wonderful new tool at our disposal for the advancement of justice. A means for all of humanity to coordinate and act on the name of the human good on its own, bypassing the morally compromised and ineffectual national governments.
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An American institution is in danger of fading away.
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A familiar foreboding has set in, akin to the disintegration at the end of the Soviet occupation in 1989.