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A Letter To The London Times

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Sir, Yousuf Bhailok (report, later editions, April 18), the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, is wrong. The Chief Rabbi is not trying to deflect attention away from Israel; he is trying to focus attention on the relative responses of the Jewish and Muslim communities who are directly affected by the conflict. British, American […]

Insurance

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

ASSURANCE ABOUT INSURANCE General Insurance is in the news these days. We have the Royal Commission into the HIH collapse revealing that the Company doctored their accounts so as to appear profitable when they were not. We have rapidly escalating Public Liability premiums putting community and tourism operators at risk of closure, an escalation driven […]

Sexual Abuse – Protocols For Investigating

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

OUTLINE OF PROTOCOL FOR INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS CONCERNING MATTERS OF A SEXUAL NATURE Drafted by R.S.Ward, 12/4/2002 The nature of sexual abuse is such that while great care needs to be exercise in judging the credibility of accusers, yet special rules are appropriate because of the peculiarities of the offence. Therefore, in the case of allegation […]

A Politically Incorrect Retired U. S. General’s Speech

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Thought you might find this somewhat interesting…. Speech from the former ACC commander (now retired and not restricted to being politically correct), Gen Hawley. Since the attack, I have seen, heard, and read thoughts of such surpassing stupidity that they must be addressed. You’ve heard them too. Here they are: 1) “We’re not good, they’re […]

Stem Cell Research

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

> Following on from Rowland Crouchers post about Pharisees and moralistic > “christians”. > > I also am uncomfortable with the way the word “Christian” is being used in > political circles to justify moralistic crusading against secular society. > > Bishop Peter Jensen and Minister John Anderson (described on air as a > Christian) […]

Aboriginal Reconciliation

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Dear Friends, I attach a significant article by John Hewson in last Friday’s Financial Review. Last month Malcolm Fraser urged non-Indigenous Australians – ‘especially those of my sort of age, who were brought up with quite a false story of what happened during the white settlement of Australia’ – to see Rabbit-Proof Fence. Now John […]

Temple Reveals Secrets Of The One God

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/05_03_02/art3.htm Lebanese news Archaeologists believe they have uncovered origins of monotheism in northern Jordan Stephanie Saldana Daily Star Staff 5-3-02E.JPG (18512 bytes) AMMAN: In a remote corner of Jordan, archaeologists have uncovered a room that may transform the way we think about God. Its massive stones still clinging to the damp hills of the Jordan […]

Oh Say, Can’t They See? U.S. Foreign Policy

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Richard Neville’s original article Almost a year ago, Richard Neville wrote a provocative analysis of the “dark side” of Uncle Sam – a nation, he argued, hell-bent on furthering its own interests at any cost. Now, in the wake of September 11, America has cast itself as a global crusader against terror, above the law, […]

President Bush And Terrorism

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Podhoretz: Bush must face truth about Arab terror against Israel By Norman Podhoretz (April 4) – As international pressure mounts on the IDF to withdraw from Palestinian cities, noted writer Norman Podhoretz calls on US President George W. Bush to stand firm in support of Israel and to resist political speech that defends the indefensible […]

Sharks, Schools, And Secularism

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-076 (Apologetics and Social Issues) SHARKS, SCHOOLS, and SECULARISM: Can We Prevent Another Enron? BreakPoint with Charles Colson – Commentary #020415 – 15 Apr 2002 What would it take to prevent another Enron? Experts in business ethics gathered at Rice University last week to work on an answer. Rice professor Duane Windsor […]

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