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Brexit and Deep Peace in Turbulent Times

Anita Mathias — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 23:14:17 +0000

So I supported the Remain campaign. I love Europe, and I truly believe that our world needs a United States of Europe to provide a counterbalance to the emerging ruthless power of China, as well as the power of the United States. I love borderless travel in Europe, and as a British citizen, I appreciated […]

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Is “ending those Muslims,” as Falwell advises, the way of Jesus? Aren’t there other ways?

Anita Mathias — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 22:28:52 +0000

So the President of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr., patting the gun in his back pocket, has called on the 14,500 students of Liberty University, the world’s largest Christian University, to carry concealed guns, and “end those Muslims,” thereby (somewhat belatedly!) “teaching them a lesson.” Everything about that statement is so alien to the values […]

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A God’s Eye View of the Migrant Crisis

Anita Mathias — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:06:52 +0000

Migrants outside Keleti Station, Budapest Over the last month, Europe has been convulsed by a dramatic migration crisis. Thousands of thousands of predominantly Muslim […]

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An Immensely Abundant Universe. Seeds as a Solution to World Hunger

Anita Mathias — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:31:22 +0000

Barbara Kingsolver’s describes her marvellously productive garden in her memoir of a gardening year, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. We spent the July 4th weekend applying rock lime to the beans and eggplants to discourage beetles, and tying up the waist-high tomato vines to four-foot cages and stakes. In February, each of these plants had been a […]

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Thoughts on the London 2011 riots

Anita Mathias — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:00:00 +0000

Roy and I stayed up till 2.45 a.m. yesterday following the coverage of the London riots on the Guardian’s live blog and other media and social media. It was grimly fascinating watching the protests, rioting and looting spread from London to Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol, Nottingham and Kent. There were however some peculiarly British features […]

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