Search for "january airline tickets cheap qatar airways phone number 1-800-299-7264"

AFA: Native Americans Lost their Land for Not Being Christians

By Daniel Schultz

…ative American blessing at the memorial for the Tucson shooting victims in January – a blessing that drew mocking commentary from others in the conservative media as well. “The continued presence of native American superstition was on full display” at the service, Fischer wrote. The invocation – “such as it was,” in Fischer’s words – was offered by Carlos Gonzales, a Pascua Yacqui Indian. Fischer complained that Gonzales sought inspiration from th…

Gay Rights Activists Condemn “Spiritual War” in Uganda

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…of homosexuality) still pending in Parliament. Kato was beaten to death in January in his home in Uganda. Police now say the suspect, Nsubuga Enock, was Kato’s lover and he beat him to death after Kato failed to produce the house and car he had promised him in exchange for sex. The story is “totally absurd,” according to Julius Kaggwa, a Ugandan native and a leader in the Kampala-based Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law…

Why Evolution Should Be Taught in Church

By Paul Wallace

…nism in public schools. It’s like playing a giant game of Whack-a-Mole: In January alone, anti-evolution forces first raised their heads in North Carolina. Whack. Then Kentucky. Whack. Then Ohio. Whack. Then Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas. Whackwhackwhack. The fight continues. And I encourage everyone to support those who want our kids to grow up in the real world, which is so beautiful and surprising and rich. Anyway, there’s a nice little piece of sn…

Florida Governor Signs Law Defending Educators’ Right to Witness

By Lauri Lebo

…ing in or causing prayers during or in conjunction with school events.” In January 2009, principal Frank Lay and athletic director Robert Freeman were accused of violating the consent decree when “Lay asked Freeman to offer a prayer of blessing during a school-day luncheon for the dedication of a new field house at Pace High School. “Freeman complied with the request and offered the prayer at the event. It appears this was a school-sponsored event…

An Interview from Tahrir Square

By Waleed Naif

…nd the million-man march called for a few days after the “Day of Wrath” on January 25th and the “Friday of Anger” that followed. It was a carnival of political will celebrating a new confidence in the air. It seemed nothing less than Providential. From that vantage point, utter depression soon entered the scene with the violent clashes erupting in Tahirir square a couple of days later. President Mubarak had delivered a rather emotional speech the…

Democratic Egypt Tests a Divided Israel

By Shaul Magid

…nd removal of Hosni Mubarak as a positive shift in Middle East politics. A January 31 editorial, while not explicitly calling for the removal of President Mubarak, hopes that movements for democracy in other autocratic nations in the region will follow: Hopefully the turmoil in Egypt, which is affecting all its allies in the Middle East and West, will encourage leaders there and in Arab states to quickly change the contract between the regime and…

Recounting (Again)
The Role of American Religious Activists in Uganda Anti-Gay Violence

By Sarah Posner

…e of three litigants to initiate a court challenge to Rolling Stone and on January 3 of this year, the High Court of Uganda ruled that the newspaper had violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights to dignity and privacy and issued a permanent injunction. “We can only hope that David’s murder will serve as a wake-up call to Uganda’s leaders of the dangers of silence and inaction in the face of the deadly homophobic environment that has taken roo…

“Liberal Nazis”: The Republican Crusade Against NPR

By Paul Harvey

…drew three Democratic votes. The vote calculus will change, of course, in January. The possibility of innovative programming at NPR could do so, as well. Lamborn has justified his efforts with the usual deficit-cutting rhetoric. The fact that the money saved from defunding NPR (about $450 million) is actually less than the cost of one superfluous engine for the F-35 fighter jet—military surplus was saved from cuts despite the unanimous opposition…

Romania’s “Witch Tax”: Magic Meets Bureaucracy

By Joseph Laycock

On January 1, Romania implemented new tax codes that, among other changes, added the occupation of “witch” to the nation’s labor codes. Those charging clients for tarot readings, curses, and blessings must now pay a 16 percent income tax and make contributions to health and pension programs. The ire of the witches, some of whom responded by performing rituals to hex the government, has become fodder for scores of offbeat news stories throughout t…

Should The Senate Listen To A Court-Martialed Chaplain on DADT?

By Sarah Posner

…uniformed appearance at a partisan event, was accused by his Navy supervisor of being “totally untruthful, unethical and insubordinate,” and “contemptuous of all authority.” Here’s the best part: the Freedom Federation letter says that “the rush to repeal DADT by January 2011 is a slap in the face of the American people who are tired of bully politics.” *UPDATE: Apparently it was not Sarah Palin who signed the letter (although it looked like it o…