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New York Times (Americas)
- World Briefing | The Americas: Ecuador: Chevron Will Not Apologize for Pollution, Even to Save $8.5 Billion February 4, 2012Chevron said Friday that it had no intention of apologizing for the environmental damage to the Amazon rain forest for which an Ecuadorean court ruled it responsible. […]
- F.B.I. Admits Hacker Group’s Eavesdropping February 4, 2012The group known as Anonymous listened in on a call between the bureau, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies about their joint investigation of the group and its allies. […]
- At War With São Paulo’s Establishment, Black Paint in Hand February 3, 2012The São Paulo authorities have tried for years to stop pichação, graffiti that reflects urban decay and deep class divisions. […]
- The Lede Blog: Komen Split With Planned Parenthood Draws Fire Online February 2, 2012Upset over the decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation to cut funds for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood affiliates, thousands of women took their protest online. […]
- Mexican General and Troops Charged in Border Town Atrocities February 2, 2012The general and his men are accused of carrying out killings, torture and drugs and arms trafficking in Chihuahua State. […]
Ben Stein on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary
by Dan Calloway
Published August 30, 2009 at 5:50pm EST; The Chronicler’s Web
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
Ben Stein
My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees.. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against. That’s what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn’t bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu .. If people want a crèche, it’s just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat. (more…)