Author: teacherken

The Place of Christianity in Public Life

is the subtitle of a piece,”American Salvation” appearing in The Boston Review. It is written by Albert J. Raboteau, the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion at Princeton University and the author of Slave Religion...

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The right question about the Quran shredding

Okay, as my wife, who knows him, points out, Mark Whittaker of Newsweek might find his job in jeopardy becaue of the story from which Newsweek is now backing away about the Quran being ripped up and flushed down the toilet....

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An Interview with Richard Clarke

is featured in today’s Boston Globe here.  Actually, it is far more than an interview, and very much worth the read. The title of the piece is quite long: The Insider: A year ago, Richard Clarke blew the whistle on...

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Responsibility

I participate in many fora (plural of forum) on many subjects, most especially, as one would expect from my screen name, in education.  This morning I read a posting one educational list discussing among other things the...

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