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	<title>Secular News Daily &#187; Luis Granados</title>
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		<title>Old Whine in New Bottles</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2012/02/06/old-whine-in-new-bottles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a campaign against a supposed war on religion. Right here in the United States!
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		<title>Book of the Year</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2012/01/02/book-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s delightful to see a humanist-oriented book win something, especially something as prestigious as the National Book Foundation’s annual <a href="http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2011.html">award</a> for nonfiction.
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		<title>The Insidious Librarian</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/12/05/the-insidious-librarian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin wasn't the first to try to remove a librarian over religious issues.  Check out this example of Catholic manipulation of ideas by controlling information.
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		<title>Battle Hymns</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/11/21/battle-hymns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was the 150<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the penning of the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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		<title>Will Romney Apologize?</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/11/14/will-romney-apologize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Romney's Mormonism, and his anti-humanist vitriol, are really no worse than Obama's faith and beliefs on religion.  There is one big Romney religious scandal that really ought to be a disqualifier, though – unless he’s big enough to issue an apology.
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		<title>Encouraging suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/11/07/buddhis-encouraging-suicide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddhist God experts in southwestern China have been on a suicide binge lately, and killing themselves in a most horrible manner -- self-immolation.  Why?  You may be surprised.
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		<title>Vietnam’s 50th – Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/10/31/vietnams-50th-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we saw how a massive Catholic propaganda campaign induced approximately half of northern Vietnam’s Catholics to flee to the south.  What happened to those who stayed behind?
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		<title>Vietnam’s 50th – Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/10/24/vietnams-50th-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[]Reasonable people have different opinions about the date on which the Vietnam War began, at least from the American standpoint.  My pick is October 24, 1961, exactly 50 years ago today. 
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		<title>A Hanging in Toulouse</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/10/18/a-hanging-in-toulouse-joan-calas-cas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 09:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intolerance]]></category>
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		<title>The Humanist Miracle</title>
		<link>http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/10/10/the-humanist-miracle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Granados</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith Healing]]></category>
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