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... Ok, most folks don't like "tests," but this one is quite educational and it's on a subject of vital importance, particularly as we analyze the "fear, fear, fear... fear everywhere and everything" mantra of the Trump administration. The Christian Science Monitor is the source, wanting you to know what you know about stuff like:      Think there might be some Sharia Law hiding under your bed?      Think there might be a Fatwa out on you demanding castration?  You get my drift. How much do you know about Islam and violence? Take the quiz   *   Here's the test The Christian Science Journal is one of the best newspapers in the country for straight up, uncompromising journalism, IMHO.  I mean, Rupert Murdoch doesn't own it yet. And God knows (literally) that they are honest practitioners of the craft of getting it right. (Full disclosure: My favorite great aunt "Gingy" was a Christian Scientist - a Reader, yet! - so I might be p

Science, Common Sense, Intelligence, Dispassion Ask yourself, could (even if he wanted to) DJ Trump write a cogent article for Science Magazine ? * Never mind. .. silly question. In the 13 January edition of the mighty Science Magazine , our then almost-gone President Barack Obama published a powerful, optimistic article. "The irreversible momentum of clean energy" Read it here. I t is spot on. The contrast of intellects pre- and post- Jan 20 is staggering.