Some entries in this blog are formal articles. Others, like this one, take more the form of working notes, outlines for later development, or ‘thinking out loud’. Some are complete, and some are just sketches. For now I will label such entries as ‘Notes’. I am aware of and distressed by the current suffering of [...]
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We are seeing more irresponsible and inflammatory statements in the world news media concerning Pope Benedict XVI and Catholic-Islam relations. Can we just state matters simply? Very well, here are things stated simply: The problem is not Catholics. The problem is not Pope Benedict XVI. The problem is not Islam. The problem is the news [...]
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Open letter to CNN and CNN International: 24 April 2006 Our good friends at CNN and CNN International unfortunately continue to exercise poor judgment in the matter of selection of headlines and regular news stories. A strong negative bias is evident–that is, a narrow focus on stories which portray conflict, aggression and divisiveness. The most [...]
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