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Hitchens’ death leaves craven people in power to sigh with relief

By | 12.16.11 | 3:38 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Christopher Hitchens died yesterday of cancer. He was a learned and caustic cultural critic who wrote for the popular press and who was at his best when eviscerating the hypocrisy and pretense of people in power. He famously hated organized religion. It’s easy to imagine that, had Hitchens ever trained More…

Penn. lawmakers trying to boost sex-abuse laws will have to outmaneuver archbishop

By | 12.07.11 | 2:46 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Pennsylvania is now a main site of action in the international chess game that pits the Catholic Church against advocates for the victims of sexual abuse.

Also, The Da Vinci Code Predicted the Rise of Obama

By | 07.06.09 | 2:53 pm

Continuing the long twilight struggle to document President Obama’s chameleon-like ability to transmogrify into different cultures and religions simply by showing them respect — as some would have it — Adam Serwer catches the latest disgrace. “Having a meeting with the Holy Father is a great honor More…