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from Asia Times
LEAST BIASED, HIGH; News & Media Website based in Hong Kong
US President-elect Joe Biden and his top nominees have already signaled a dramatic shift in US policy in the Middle East.
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
For many, 2020 has been the most fearful year of their lives. The coronavirus pandemic has brought uncertainty, change, and deadly risk. A certain amount of fear during a pandemic is warranted, of course. But there are rational ways to respond to threats and irrational ways, and that is a line America crossed in 2020.
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Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
COMING TO TERMS WITH OUR CULTURAL BLINDERS: THE BEATITUDES AS A CASE STUDY
Garwood Anderson’s conclusion was that the best English translation would follow the Latin and say “felicitous.” The Latin is beatum, hence, the name Beatitudes. Of course, the problem is that few people use “felicitous” in ordinary conversation these days. The strength of “blessed” is that it implies a source behind the felicitous status, which, while not semantically native to makarios, is central to the worldview of the Sermon. “Blessed” is to be understood as “enjoying divine approval and favor” — frequently with the added nuance of “despite appearances to the contrary.” Thus, we have “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” but mean “Actually enjoying divine approval and favor despite possible appearances to the contrary are the poor in spirit.”
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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