Slots for Thoughts, and Why Faith Makes Politics Stupid
With so many blogs, you’d think I’d no need to start another, and yet…
This one is for writing that addresses political and intellectual debates unrelated to education. So here we go.
I was just reading a blog by the Syrian author Amarji that got me thinking about the role of religion in politics, not just in the US, but in regions of the world where religion is much more powerful force than most Americans really understand. Amarji posted a very elaborate and carefully reasoned analysis of the victory of Hamas over Fatah. Just incidentally, I think it’s ironic that Fatah is in turmoil AFTER the election, when a good healthy purge of its crooked members might have convinced voters that they were serious about cleaning up their act.
Amarji’s post demonstrated just how complex the situation in the Mideast is (and always has been) and why the Mideast is the […]
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