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Free Tibet

CONFESS I’ve been debating the whole Tibet thing. We’re supposed to light a candle in the window for Tibet and ignore the Olympics. Not having a TV, that last bit is easy for me. But Candles?
I mean, face it: prior to the invasion of Tibet by China and the overthrow of [...]

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Multicultural

EDNESDAY We were discussing the use of images of Jesus - and the races depicted thereon. I realised two things: 1) the Renaissance cultures that produced the all-white Jesus never really expected to run into any other culture. 2) Traditional icons of Jesus (not the cartoony ones done in the last 40 years [...]

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