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The shame of deference
WASHINGTON -- Two of the three most infamous Supreme Court decisions were erased by events. The Civil War and postwar constitutional amendments effectively overturned Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which held that blacks could never have rights that...
Tags: Entertainment, FBI, University of California, San Diego, Racism, Federal Communications Commission
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Conquering fear to protect freedom
According to a 19th-century poet named Francis Scott Key, the United States is the "land of the free and the home of the brave." If he were writing those lyrics today, he might add an asterisk with the notation: "Void in the aftermath of terrorism."...
Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Elections, Deval Patrick, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Column: The shame of deference
WASHINGTON — Two of the three most infamous Supreme Court decisions were erased by events. The Civil War and postwar constitutional amendments effectively overturned Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which held that blacks could never have rights...Tags: The Washington Post, FBI, Entertainment, University of California, San Diego, Racism
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'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'
"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...Tags: Protest, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Political Systems, Paul Ryan
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The ex-presidents club
As former President George W. Bush, joined by President Obama and three living former presidents, dedicates his library this week in Dallas, it's important to remember that presidential libraries are relatively new. In 1941, while he was still in office,...Tags: Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Malaria, Diseases and Illnesses, Politics
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Voice of the People, Apr. 23
What we do As most of you, I watched with horror as the Boston Marathon became a site of horrible tragedy. No sooner had the bombs gone off than people started running toward those who were hurt. The smoke was still in the air; no one knew if there might...Tags: Chicago Marathon, Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Road Running, Politics
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The most dangerous threat is fear
A graffiti-type message left in a women's restroom at an Elkhart license branch kept thousands of kids from school on the day of the Boston Marathon. The scrawled message, found back in January, was brief. It suggested that 20 students would be killed at...Tags: Students, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), U.S. Senate, Lobbying
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Victory over Japanese at Kohima named Britain's greatest battle
Reuters* Kohima was turning point in WW2 * D-Day, Waterloo defeated in contest By Angus MacSwan LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - The Battle of Imphal/Kohima, when British troops fighting in horrendous jungle conditions turned the tide against the Japanese army in...Tags: Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nazi Party, The Holocaust (1934-1945), India
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Arthur Machen Jr., Venable law partner
Arthur W. Machen Jr., a retired attorney who was also the chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland and a legal advocate for the poor, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The former Ruxton resident was 92. A well-...
Tags: Carrollton, Human Interest, Anglicanism, Politics, Lawyers
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Debating FDR and the Holocaust
It wasn't surprising that Rafael Medoff's April 7 Op-Ed article about President Franklin D. Roosevelt's private comments on Jews facing persecution in Europe drew spirited responses (though I do admit that I was a little rattled that most of the letters...Tags: U.S. Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nazi Party, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Pulitzer finalist Wadada Leo Smith symbolizes Chicago jazz power
Ever since the late 1990s, the forces behind the Pulitzer Prize in music have tried to push the award outside the narrow precincts of classical composition. On Monday, the Pulitzers made the next dramatic step in that evolution, with jazz musician...
Tags: Thelonious Monk, Entertainment, Human Interest, Emmett Till, Carnegie Hall
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Rand Paul has lotsa 'splaining to do
Within hours after Sen. Rand Paul's news-making speech at historically black Howard University, someone posted this new definition on the user-driven Urban Dictionary website of an awkward-sounding but quite timely verb: "whitesplain": "The act of a...Tags: Republican Party, Richard Nixon, MSNBC (tv network), Elections, U.S. Senate
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