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Maren Showkeir commented on Jeevan Sivasubramaniam's blog post Remember When the Border Was a Net?
I love this photo! How did you find it?
October 27, 2014
Maren Showkeir commented on Jeevan Sivasubramaniam's blog post BK Books for All?
I don't see why well-reasoned, civil conservative views shouldn't be represented by BK, which would of course exclude Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck and their ilk (an underutilized word.) One of the things I admired about Obama's "The Audacity of Hope" was his ability to argue other people's points... ...Read more
October 27, 2014
Maren Showkeir commented on Jeevan Sivasubramaniam's blog post The uproar over "Draw the Prophet" Day
Like you, Jeevan, I have mixed feelings about this. I know that people advocate tolerance, but when tolerance includes tolerating religious beliefs that justify violence via sacred texts, that is really problematic to me. And most religions, if you read their texts carefully, can be used to justi... ...Read more
October 27, 2014
Maren Showkeir is now a member of Berrett-Koehler Community