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A God for All Reasons

A God for All Reasons

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The Peanuts char­ac­ter Linus once said: “There are three things I have learned nev­er to dis­cuss with people…religion, pol­i­tics, and the Great Pump­kin.” Pump­kins aside, the rare con­ver­gence of Passover, East­er and Ramadan prompts me to ignore his wis­dom and pon­der why faith is so often used as an excuse for venal behaviour.… Read the rest

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Basis of Putin’s Iniquity

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Basis of Putin’s Iniquity

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Experts tend to have bet­ter focus than periph­er­al vision. In the case of the Russ­ian inva­sion of Ukraine, there is con­sid­er­able evi­dence many of them had nei­ther. Vladimir Putin’s aims have long been obvi­ous, sub­tly framed by his his­tor­i­cal per­spec­tive and steadi­ly but­tressed with means to fight back if they are opposed.… Read the rest