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POPSDo Our Political Beliefs Have a Biological Basis? It's a golden rule of democracy that people are free thinkers. There's just one problem: we aren't wired that way—not, at least, according to a new study that probes past the rational mind in search of a biological basis for our political beliefs. The results seem to suggest that our ideas about the world are shaped by deep, involuntary reactions to the things we see.
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POPSDorothy Day's diaries published Dorothy Day's diaries are to be published. They were sealed for 25 years after her death in 1980, and should provide an interesting insight into her life and ministry. Dorothy Day was a Catholic anarcho-pacifist, and is a good illustration of the principle that theological conservatism leads to political liberalism, and vice versa.
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POPSThe Uncyclopedia Bible WARNING: This is a work of fiction. Do NOT take it literally. CONTENT ADVISORY: Contains verses descriptive or advocating suicide, incest, bestiality, sadomasochism, sexual activity in a violent context, murder, morbid violence, use of drugs or alcohol, homosexuality, voyeurism, revenge, undermining of authority figures, lawlessness, and human rights violations and atrocities. EXPOSURE WARNING: Exposure to contents for extended periods of time or during formative years in children may cause delusions, hallucinations, decreased cognitive and objective reasoning abilities, and, in extreme cases, pathological disorders, hatred, bigotry, and violence including, but not limited to, fanaticism, murder, and genocide.
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POPSTolstoy & Gandhi: Two Giants Bound By Pacifism
Enlightening account of the relationship between Tolstoy & Gandhi "In South Africa, Tolstoy's writings landed on the desk of a young Indian dissident, Mahatma Gandhi. He was overwhelmed, declaring that after reading Tolstoy his "lack of faith in non-violence vanished." He hung a picture of Tolstoy on his office wall and named the camp where he trained activists in peaceful resistance Tolstoy Farm. Gandhi wrote five letters to Leo Tolstoy and received four in return, all glowing with praise and intellectual exchange. In his last letter, written in September 1910 only weeks before his death, Tolstoy told Gandhi that his activity was "the most central and important of all the work now being done in the world." Years later, Gandhi repaid the compliment, writing that he knew of no one "in India or anywhere else who has had as profound an understanding of nonviolence as Tolstoy had." Tolstoy had inspired Gandhi's legendary instruction to "be the change you want to see in the worl
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POPSArmed Forces Draft Registration (sic) POSTMORTEM PREFERENCE: Select transportation and packaging options for mortal remains in the very likely event of your passing: PACKAGE 1: Fed-Ex Overnight, flag-draped casket & formal military funeral (ALL CAMERAS PROHIBITED) PACKAGE 2: UPS 3rd Day Air, pine box, personal-style Presidential form letter, spot on FOX PACKAGE 3: Parcel Post Freight, Old Glory-emblazoned Hefty bag, sparkler, used Toby Keith CD
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POPSMonks Takin' the Power BACK Thats what I call takin' the power back! And news flash recent Buddhist converts - you can put your showbiz Richard Gere pacifism aside, burning cars and kidnapping police is legit non-violence! and now security forces won't even show their walky talkies - I believe thats what we call making them your b*tch in the industry.
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POPS"Give Militants Visas" say Pacifist Pushtuns Victims Belief in the power of education and welfare as a vehicle for reform and redemption versus belief in the power of might is a clash of civilization. Bacha Khan was the pacifist leader of the Pushtuns who defied the British and organized the Pushtuns in a nonviolent resistance movement. Pakistan arrested him and his followers, dismissing the government of followers of Bacha Khan in the border province. The leader quoted Shahi Syed is also under death threat.
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POPSThe Conservative Mind Authentic American Conservatism may ally with the Neocons, Paleocons and the Republican Party, et al. Just be careful not to let those alliances define the philosophy.
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