Indistinct Union: Christianity, Integral Philosophy, and Politics

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Fawaz Gerges, one of the best commentators, on radicalized Islamism, on the new bin Laden tape. clipped from www.csmonitor.com Intentiona...

I think Juan Cole has some very honest and sharp points on the subject, here . The Democrats even with trying to legislate Baker-Hamilton, w...

clipped from www.washingtonpost.com Iraqi tribal leader Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, a key figure in U.S. efforts to turn local residents again...

Wherein Peter Beinart, rips Michael Ledeen and Norman Podhoretz new a-holes. Read the whole thing , it's brutal (and sad that this kind...

Rhetorically they win either win. US stays, can swarm and bleed. US leaves, they claim victory. But events on ground, they haven't w...

Why his testimony was far more important than Petraeus'. clipped from www.tnr.com Crocker is right that Iraqi leaders' intentions...

The General Petraeus=General "Betray-us" title from MoveOn.org is as bad in my book as the "Stab-in-the-Back" campaign ...

Here he is on Bloggingheads with Matthew Yglesias, on economic crackpots. One of the arguments Chait makes is that this "libertarian-...

Full disclosure : Joe invited me to be a contributor to the now defunct IntegralChristian.com. I consider him a friend. Fuller dis...

Great piece by Michael Barone summarizing a new book by Morton Keller ( America's Three Regimes ). Barone: His three regimes are the de...

If Wright-Kaus is #1 on Bloggingheads , then Pinkerton and Corn are 1A. These guys are gold . Question for Best Moment: 1)When Corn "de...

clipped from www.time.com Whenever they begin, then, the withdrawals are unlikely to last very long. Many experts believe the threat of a ...

A followup, sidepoint that sprang to mind while writing the last post. If we take the modernist, materialist view of mysticism (God=Brain Ch...

Just one more thought worth considering that I have not seen anyone in this on-going thread mention. The New Atheist Crew have jumped on thi...

From John Robb : If you think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will end with this US presidency, think again. These wars will likely outlast...

This is a tough film to watch. Warning: Graphic imagery. Covers the unequal and unjust depiction of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in th...

Fallujah which is being cited as the prime example of the new surge tactic in Iraq. John Robb on Petraeus taking Katie Couric through Falluj...