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Free speech, downsized
It seems we have reached an odd kind of stage in the United States when the Supreme Court has ruled that campaign spending by corporate fatcats is permissible "free speech," but Dr. Ben Carson's utterances against gay marriage are considered impermissible...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Family, Same-Sex Marriage
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Keeping the idea of city streets safe in Boston Marathon aftermath
A marathon is among the most open and egalitarian of sporting events. It doesn't come cluttered with superstar egos or luxury suites. For spectators, it's free. And the best place to watch it is from the sidewalk. In any big city, a marathon is also a...Tags: Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions, Arts and Culture, Architecture, Boston Marathon
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The decline of terrorism
Our era is known as the Age of Terror, and no wonder. Twelve years ago, the United States suffered its worst terrorist attack ever, and since then, we have lived under the shadow of atrocities designed to frighten as well as kill. The bombs that went...
Tags: Timothy McVeigh, Al-Qaeda, U.S. Department of State, Emergency Incidents, New York City
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George McArthur dies at 88; L.A. Times Saigon bureau chief during Vietnam War
George McArthur, who covered the Vietnam War for the Los Angeles Times as Saigon bureau chief after spending two decades as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, died Friday. He was 88. McArthur died at a hospice in Fairfax County, Va., of...
Tags: Racism, Journalism, Wars and Interventions, Los Angeles Times, International Military Interventions
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News Of The Weird: Undocumented Immigrant Gains Safe Harbor Thanks to Xbox Live Records
Undocumented immigrant Jose Munoz, 25, believed himself an ideal candidate for President Obama's 2012 safe-harbor initiative for illegal-entry children, in that he had been brought to the U.S. by his undocumented parents before age 16, had no criminal...
Tags: Collective Contract, Barack Obama, Xbox, World War I (1914-1918), New York University
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John W. Gelwicks, 63
John Wayne Gelwicks, 63, of Hagerstown, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born Sept. 11, 1949, in Hagerstown, he was the son of William L. and Geraldine D. (Worthington) Gelwicks of Hagerstown. John was a...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Being uncomfortable not a bad idea
Back in the Very Long Ago Ages, when I was a college student, I actually got involved in a few demonstrations. And I like to think they were for good causes. And not just to meet girls. The best demonstrations I got involved with were the anti-war...Tags: Education, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Wars and Interventions, Government, Students
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Jefferson Mays' fractured personality
While Jefferson Mays was performing in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" in the fall of 2012 at Hartford Stage, he recalls, his wife kept overhearing variations on the same remark at intermission: "Isn't it wonderful how they got actors who all...
Tags: Yale University, Murder, Tony Awards, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture
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Dueling over Watergate
In his March 1 Op-Ed article UC Irvine historian Jon Wiener criticized the Nixon Library's "Patriot, President, Peacemaker" exhibit for glossing over Watergate, which prompted former library docent Paul Carter to write in a letter published Wednesday:...Tags: Barack Obama, Libraries, International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Hagel arrives in Afghanistan for first visit as defense chief
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan on Friday for talks on the size of the U.S. force expected to remain in the country after next year. The visit, which was not announced in advance, was Hagel's first to the war...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Hamid Karzai, Kabul (Afghanistan), Wars and Interventions, International Military Interventions
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Oswald's gun and the decline of U.S. politics
Next week marks a much-overlooked anniversary: It will be 50 years since Lee Harvey Oswald, under the name A. Hidell, purchased the Italian surplus Carcano M91/38 rifle with which he would eight months later assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Don'...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Barack Obama, Money and Monetary Policy, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues
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Apr 14, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Mar 8, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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