Month: November 2004

Pray for Andy Rooney

“The CBS star said he was chagrined over reports that religious values played such a critical role in this year’s election. ‘I am an atheist,’ Rooney told Tufts. ‘I don’t understand religion at all. I’m sure I’ll offend a lot of people by saying this, but I think it’s all nonsense.’ He accused Christian fundamentalists

Palestine vs. Israel as the Name of the Holy Land

There is a propaganda war going on now with regard to the term Palestine. At one time it might have been argued that Palestine was an innocuous designation of the Middle Eastern area, that is generally thought of as the Holy Land. During the last few decades, however, the term Palestine has been adopted by