Alleluyah! Good news! The Church of England has at last agreed to the appointment of women bishops in the Church of England! Women bishops will now be able to ordain priests. Nonetheless, there are still opponents who say that this is not only unacceptable but “theologically impossible”. why? Epicurus treated women exactly as he treated …
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In France there has been a huge increase in burglaries in recent years. Ten years ago most burglaries were amateur, impulsive and committed by disorganized thieves. Now there is a tsunami of theft, organised by professional gangs from Roumania, Poland, Albania and Georgia. These gangs concentrate upon a single Department at a time in a …
The original idea behind the creation of the CIA was to give the government and the nation authoritative analyses of long-term trends in the world. Latterly, it has been involved in drone strikes, abductions, torture, killings and paramilitary actions. This situation has crept up on the United States, probably because the conventional military have been …
As of this month the Washington Post will not be crediting readers with the value of their vacation stops. No longer can one ask for a temporary halt on delivery of the printed version and know you will not be charged during your absence. This they justify by saying you have access to the electronic …
Israeli exports, mostly hi-tech, were $61bn in 2013, compared with Saudi non-oil exports, which were $38bn. Yet this figure conceals the fact that Israeli economic indicators are falling behind OECD norms, owing to the dreadful education of ultra-Orthodox children after 11 years of age. Arab-Israel education is as bad. Some call it third-world. Experts say …
