The incompatibility of reason and revelation may be a modern fetish; to the ancients, the medievals, and even the early moderns, there was such a thing as philosophical religion.
More about: Benedict Spinoza, Carlos Fraenkel, Philosophy of Religion, Reason, Revelation
Since the beginning of the year, the outgoing secretary of state has been using his Twitter account to tout his department’s various accomplishments during his tenure. Among these, notes Jimmy Quinn, lay an important statement explaining the 2018 decision to cease funding the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA): “it’s estimated [that less than] 200,000 Arabs displaced in 1948 are still alive and most others are not refugees.” Quinn explains:
More about: Mike Pompeo, Palestinian refugees, U.S. Foreign policy, UNRWA
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