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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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Brave Muslim Cleric Issues Fatwa Against Terrorism
Three hearty cheers for Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, a Pakistan-born Muslim scholar in London, who has issued a fatwa declaring that suicide bombing and other acts of terrorism are prohibited by Islam. Pointing out that terrorists commit acts of self and mass murder with the firm conviction that they will be rewarded by God and that…
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Obama Will Not Stop Iran’s Nuke Program — But Surely Israel Will Try
William Kristol argues persuasively that “President Barack Obama [has] made it clear that he’s resigned to a nuclear Iran.” Appearing on ABC’s Good Morning America, Obama told George Stephanopoulos: If the question is do we have a guarantee [that] the sanctions we are able to institute at this stage are automatically going to change Iranian…
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New Jersey Is “A Failed Experiment”
Who is this trash-talking, Jersey-bashing heretic attacking my beloved adopted state? Well, he’s the new Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. And I find myself liking him more every time I hear him speak.
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Did Governor Awesome Get Cold Feet?
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced yesterday that he was halting work on an $8.7 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson. Here’s why: The federal government and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ultimately each pledged $3 billion. But New Jersey, which had committed $2.7 billion to the tunnel, was responsible for anything…
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The Video Clip Jon Stewart Would Make if He Were a Republican
This is brilliant — a compilation of near-identical sound bites from Obama’s campaign speeches in 2008 and 2012. Well worth a minute & 58 seconds of your time.
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Jonesing for My Iran Fix — Did They Strike or Not?
Andrew Sullivan posted his latest update from the #iranelection Tweetstream at about midnight last night, indicating confusion about whether the national strike is planned for Tuesday or Wednesday. Now it’s 8:15 a.m. on the US East Coast — 8.5 hours later in Iran means the normal work day must be almost over. No sign of…