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One of the most cheering events for the people of these United States would be a general acknowledgment of ignorance and a confession of sin by our leaders. Is there no one who has the grace to humbly confess his part in the events which led us to this place...
Last week, Pressman decided to reverse his field. Apparently on the grounds that confession might be good for a goal, he also retailed some sins to the press. He admitted having joined the Communist Party in 1934: it was all, he said, because of the depression and Hitlerism. He had...
It was true that, besides the fair share of man-made sin among his parishioners, Don Camillo had a massive irritation to contend with. Peppone, the Communist mayor, was the sworn enemy of the church and kept up a running brawl with the priest. Peppone, a tough and able Communist...
In many ways, dianetics-("the science of mind") is the poor man's psychoanalysis; it has a touch of Couéism and a mild resemblance to Buchmanite confession. It purports to cleanse the mind of previous harmful influences, thus vastly increasing its powers and efficiency, by making the...
Third Plea. But somehow, despite Sullivan's confession, the New Jersey Court of Pardons twice turned down Cliff Shephard, presumably because his old accusers refused to change their stories. "I talked to three of the merchants," Shephard said. "They thought I was innocent. But they were afraid I'...