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POPS"Can the world afford a middle class?" This is an interesting, straightforward, clear-eyed article, if not as subtle as the title makes it sound. (It doesn't really mean "middle class," it means "people who aren't living at a subsistence level.")
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POPSMosio: realtime mobile Q & A. Try it Text-message a question, get an answer from whoever happens to be browsing the site. Check the site out. It's fun in a weird way. People sort of race to give the best answers. Sometimes it's "where's the closest pool hall to this address," sometimes it's "when is Pirates of the Caribbean coming out on DVD," sometimes it's "what country is the largest exporter of rice."
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POPSFeast of Fools interviews Chocolate Rain's Tay Zonday This is why I gotta love the Internet. You don't just get Tay Zonday's wacky YouTube video. You get the video, plus the online conversation around it. Turns out he's an Am Civ grad student with interesting things to say about race and GLBT issues.
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POPSProfile of biblical scholar Bart Ehrman (2006) Journalist Neely Tucker profiles Bart Ehrman, concentrating on the story of his gradual loss of faith as he studied the origins of the New Testament. Nice piece of religion journalism. Archived at http://webcitation.org/5R0Hnb9Xp
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POPSControversy over Oscar Romero's possible beatification Romero has become a popular hero to many Latin Americans because his unwillingness to moderate his stance against repression and state terror led to his assassination. Now the Vatican faces potential embarrassment over his possible canonization.