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Salam Fayyad ''If you have the authority, use it,'' Fayyad likes to say. ''If you don't have it, create it.'' Original from the New York Times Magazine. Also cached here. |
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Martin Luther KingHe had a dream. What a dream. What a wonderful dream. What a wonderful pipe dream. Listen to an excerpt of MLK's "I Have A Dream" in Real (or download MP3) from Salon. Read the text at ThisNation or elsewhere. See some great pictures of MLK at Life. |
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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A very nice thing done by a person who didn't have to do it. Very touching. |
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Yes, they did go to the moon. Kudos to Buzz Aldrin for some of the best-justified chin music ever delivered. |
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Jesus Christ - Reason for the Season I am not yet a man of faith, but the Reason for the Season is very clearly Jesus Christ. Happy Birthday Jesus! Merry Christmas all. CNN on Jesus' image - Popular Mechanics on Jesus' image |
Dr. Irving L.Weissman, for standing up to Luddites with warped morals
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
The Dutch, lateral thinkers in an ossified world
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"The Netherlands is the first country in Europe to demand immigrants take an integration course and 300 hours of Dutch language training." |
James Randi for his efforts on behalf of critical thinking
Salman Rushdie for his piece in the New York Times