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By Steve Thorngate

July 22, 2011

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New today from the Century:

Craig Barnes on why pastors fall in love with the dying (subscription required)
I consider the misleading media narrative on the debt ceiling and compromise
Amy Frykholm highlights Juan Cole's advice to young democracies
John Petrakis reviews Meek's Cutoff (subscription required)
A poem by Brian Doyle

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