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Goodbye!
Dear Friends and Readers,
After a wonderful relationship with Beliefnet, I've moved my blog to brucefeiler.com. Please join me there, or check out my new site, councilofdads.com, where I talk regularly about faith, family, and health.
Thanks for your interest.
Bruce Feiler
posted 2:12:51pm Apr. 21, 2010 |
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The Man Who Started It All
In WALKING THE BIBLE, he's still sitting there forever, behind a cloud of smoke, saying, "People like me don't have time to talk to people like you," then calling me at home that night to introduce me to Avner. Now, nearing 100, he has finally passed.Avraham Biran, an archaeologist of biblical site
posted 10:32:33pm Oct. 06, 2008 |
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Feiler Faster in Denver -- Final Thoughts
The last of my brother's blogs.
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I was on the floor the other day and came across a man of about forty who wore on his left breast what looked like a military medal. A small ribbon pinned to his chest with a medallion hanging from it. It was the credential that his grandfather wore at the 196
posted 9:16:57pm Aug. 30, 2008 |
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Feiler Faster in Denver -- Day 3
My brother's dailiy blog from inside the hall.
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President Carter addressed the Georgia delegation this morning. Recently, he said, he'd been interviewed by the editor of the British newspaper "The Guardian" and had been asked whether a President Obama could change America's reputation in the
posted 12:25:22pm Aug. 28, 2008 |
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Feiler Faster in Denver -- Day 2
My brother's latest blog. He's the official photographer of the Georgia Delegation.
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Considering I described myself yesterday as a pop culture moron, the funniest response I've gotten so far was, "Who's Angela Bassett?"
In the wake of opening night there's been a lot of play about Carville and
posted 10:28:13am Aug. 27, 2008 |
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posted April 8, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I, for one, think they’re cute and educational. Before we go around feeling smug about how awful it is to celebrate something like the plagues, let’s remember that Passover is about justice being visited on behalf of enslaved victims, and harsh oppressors being punished. I am all for mercy and compassion, but let’s not cry at the downfall of evil. Maybe let’s celebrate it.
posted April 9, 2008 at 3:17 pm
All well and good if you think Passover is about justice and the downfall of evil.
But “cute?” “Educational?” These repulsive toys are about the trivialization –celebration, even — of mass suffering and death.
What a terrific lesson for your kids…
posted April 18, 2008 at 1:48 am
These trinkets have no use as anything other than trivializing a religious tradition. Tickle Me Elmo has a place in a child’s world; this does not.