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Freedom of Offending

“Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions.” –Staffan de Mistura, the top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan, who is wrong about that. It feels weird having to defend a bizarre, craven Christian-supremacist.

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A Stricken Spirituality: Reflections of a Catholic on Easter Sunday

Andrea Greco was raised Catholic in New Jersey, attended high school in the Bible Belt, and graduated from the secular Jewish paradise that is Bard College. Her spiritual influences range from Mary Daly, Dostoevsky, and Alan Watts to Ernest Kurtz.  She lives … Continue reading

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