Witch Hunt

Language Explosion

Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Witch Hunt, Female Hysteria, Video, Lesley Dill, Chelsea Gallery, Religious Art, Language Art, Faith & the Devil, George Adams Gallery, Female Artists, Slideexpand, Evil, Faith, Arts News

The mission of Lesley Dill's 'Faith & the Devil' could not be any more ambitious: the artist aims to examine the eternal struggle between faith and ev...

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Weather May Have Spurred Famous Historical Event

Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Witch Hunt, History, Emily Oster, Video, Witch Trials, Witch Craft, Ted Baker, Science, Weather, Science News, Salem Witch Trials, Witch Hunts, Season, Science News

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 04/20/2012 01:12 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Historical records indicate that, worldwide, witch hunts occur ...

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Movie Review: The Green

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: The Green, McMartin, Jason Butler Harner, Bill Sage, Cheyenne Jackson, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, Julia Ormond, Movie Reviews, Witch Hunt, Marshall Fine, Karen Young, Gays in the Military, Salem, Paul Marcarelli, Steven Williford, The Green Movie Review, Gay Marriage, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Every teacher's nightmare is being accused of violating the trust they've been given: doing something to abuse or harm one of their students. And, in...

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Sarah Jessica Parker: Who Do You Think You Are?

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Sex and the City, Massachusetts, Nbc, California, Sarah Jessica Parker, Witch Hunt, History, Twins, Who Do You Think You Are?, Gold Rush, Jewish, Ohio, Genealogy, German, Family History, Matthew Broderick, Entertainment News
Megan Smolenyak

Sarah Jessica Parker is the most intriguing of paradoxes. Best known as sophisticated fashionista Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City, she somehow manages to also embody the girl next door.

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The Reincarnation of Joseph McCarthy -- Congressman King

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Rep. Peter King, Joseph McCarthy, Salem, Witches, Islamophobia, Communists, Congress, Newsday, Antiislam, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

America is not at war with Islam. But if Mr. King's hearings go as planned, it is a safe bet that lots of Muslims will believe the Republican party is.

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Anti-Gay Bullying is Today's Witch-Hunting

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Halloween, Puritans, Witch, Lesbian, Bullying, Witchcraft, Gays and Lesbians, Bullies, Gay, Witch Hunt, Gay Bullying, Gay Rights, Halloween Costumes, Cyberbullying, Africa, Salem-Massachusetts, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Anti-Gay Bullying, Gay Issues, School Bullying, Witches, Education News
Irene Monroe

Due to homophobic bullying some of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) children feel like they are looked upon as today's witches.

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Value-Added Misses the Mark - And the Point

Brock Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Throwing Under a Buss, Education, Lausd, California Standards Test, Utla, Superintendent Ramon Cortines, A.J. Duffy, Education Reform, Value-Added, Los Angeles News
Brock Cohen

In the span of time it's taken the LA Times to publish what amounted to a three-part love letter, Value-Added has gone from experimental evaluation metric to union-busting public education panacea.

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Bite Your Tongue

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Scolding, Inquisition, Scold, Malleus Maleficarum, Heinrich Kramer, Abby Adams, Brank, Amanda Cross, Impact News
Ellen Snortland

Some modern cures for the ancient causes of the common scold Is "Numbskull: Please scold me!" tattooed on my forehead? I've been the target of severa...

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'Child Witches' And LGBTQ Youth

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Hell-House, Witch Hunt, Halloween, Haunted House, Style News
Irene Monroe

This Halloween, as I think of the children in Africa and of LGBTQ children here at home, I am reminded of our present and past witch-hunts.

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Bolivia's Witch Markets

GlobalPost | Sara Shahriari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Bolivia, Bolivia Market, Witchcraft, Calle De Las Brujas, World News

By Sara Shahriari LA PAZ, Bolivia -- At first sight, Calle de las Brujas doesn't look so witchy -- there are no steaming cauldrons or pointy hats. ...

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Killing Of Innocent Women Linked To 'Sorcery' Is Overwhelming Police In Papua New Guinea

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Innocent Women Linked to Sorcery, Papua New Guinea, Witch Hunts, World News

Nearly all the residents of Koge watched as Julianna Gene and Kopaku Konia were dragged from their homes, to be hung from trees and tortured for sever...

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Gambian Man, Kidnapped By Witch Hunters, Describes His Ordeal

allAfrica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Witch Hunters, Witch, Gambia, Witchcraft, Africa, World News

Mr. Ali Marr of Barra, a victim of the witch hunting exercise that saw the abduction of people by armed security agents and so-called witch hunters, r...

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Dick Cheney Believes There Are Witches in Gambia

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Conservatives, Gambia, Witch Doctors, Dick Cheney, Neocons, Neo-Conservatives, Republicans, Witches, Torture, World News
Cenk Uygur

Is it possible that people will say absolutely anything to get you to stop torturing them, including admitting to being a witch?

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A Modest Proposal

Peter Clothier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Taxes, President Obama, Tom Daschle, Domestic Help, Letters, Nanny, Nannygate, The New York Times, New York Times, Tom Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Tax Evasion, Tom Daschle Taxes, Media News
Peter Clothier

In view of the "tax problems" that are plaguing the confirmation of Barack Obama's nominees, I have a modest proposal.

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Lieberman's Very Serious Muslim-Bashing Senate Report

Chip Berlet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, The Internet, Lieberman Islamic Extremism, Repression, Terrorism, Homeland Security Report, Leberman Report, Liberman Homeland Security, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, And the Homegrown Terrorist Threat, Susan Collins, Witch Hunt, Violent Islamic Extremism, Almontaser, Violent Islamist Extremism, Muslims, Joe Lieberman, Home News
Chip Berlet

Joe Lieberman's homeland security committee lobbed a biased bombshell last week in its report on the domestic threat of violent Islam. U.S. Islamophobia has consequences. Take the case of Debbie Almontaser.

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Lieberman Gift To McCain: Senate Islamist Terrorism Report

Chip Berlet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Muslims, Repression, Terrorism, Civil Liberties, Lieberman Islamic Extremism, Susan Collins, Violent Islamic Extremism, Homeland Security Report, Leberman Report, Liberman Homeland Security, Joe Lieberman, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, The Internet, And the Homegrown Terrorist Threat, Violent Islamist Extremism, Home News
Chip Berlet

A stacked senate committee on homeland security today issued the first of a series of reports on "homegrown terrorism and violent Islamist extremism." It's readymade election-year swiftboating material.

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