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She Would Have Turned 60 Today
I wrote this in 2010, but have not published it until today, February 28, 2020. I wrote the headline today, but I have not otherwise updated time references. Twenty-seven years ago, on October 16, 1983, a deeply troubled young woman let go of her last hold on life, and tumbled off the Golden Gate Bridge.…
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Dictionaries: A Modern-Day Morality Play
“If you don’t look up the words you don’t know, you don’t deserve the beauty of literature,” my teacher said. Four decades later I still feel the lash in her voice.
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Seeking More Muslim Heroes
Unlike the thugs who killed him, Merabet had assimilated into French society, while retaining his Muslim identity.
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My Kind of Dangerous Muslim Jihadi
Mad props to Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, better known as Dr. Fadl, for attacking al-Qaeda from the jihadi perspective. (Hat tip: Cliff May) Half an hour ago I had not heard of Dr. Fadl, but apparently he is an al-Qaeda co-founder. Remember that when al-Qaeda was founded, its primary mission was not to terrorize America, but…
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Health Care Debate Involves First Principles: Capitalism vs. Command Economy
The battle cry of the left is that “health care should be a right, not a privilege.” This is brilliant framing — it sneakily implies that the right believes health care should be a privilege. The problem, of course, is that no health care system can provide every treatment for every person for every malady.
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RIMPAC! Or, Here’s Why It’s Dangerous Even to JOKE About Yelling “Fire” in a Crowded Theater
Don’t publish the sailing time of troop ships. No-brainer, right? But what if the publisher is the Navy itself?
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The Odd Disinterest in a Real-Life Spy Thriller
Now Homeland Security is using the book to try to deport Yousef for providing “material support” for terrorists — despite the fact that he was saving Israeli lives from those very terrorists.
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Step Aside, NY Times — Patch Is Bringing Google Zillions to Hyperlocal Maplewood
I got interested in the hyperlocal Maplewood BlogolopolisTM because the mighty New York Times was wading into the fray (and I happen to know the local Times reporter). But it turns out the Times is only the SECOND-best capitalized hyperlocal effort in Maplewood. The newcomer to watch is something called Patch.com. I barely noticed Maplewood…
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Biden’s Worst Line of the Night: “War Should Always Be the Absolute Last Resort”
In various circumstances, options to war may include surrender, appeasement, indifference, self-delusion or betrayal.