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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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Current Recession Not (Yet) As Bad As 1982
After repeatedly invoking the specter of the Great Depression to frighten the public into supporting the “stimulus” bill, the Obama administration has moderated its rhetoric. Professor Mark J. Perry of the University of Michigan offers statistics to show just how inappropriate it is to even talk about comparisons with the Depression: The chart above shows…
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On National Security, Obama Eventually Tends to Get it Right
War is different from crime-fighting. Prisoners of war logically should be treated differently from people accused of crimes. No battlefield reading of Miranda rights while the gunfire continues. No presumption of innocence, no standard of “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” President Obama, to his credit, recognized this reality again yesterday in signing an executive order…
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McCain Swings for the Fences with October Surprise
The five-run homer gambit (the Palin selection) didn’t work. But now McCain may have hit on a winning strategy: exposing how Barack “Lefty” Obama’s rank hypocrisy may endanger the integrity of our National Pastime: Standing just miles north of Philadelphia, whose Phillies will represent the National League starting Wednesday against the American League champion Tampa…
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The Coming Debt Ceiling Fight Will Make the Fiscal Cliff Drama Look Tame
Obama’s re-election also eliminated the most compelling political argument against holding the line on the debt ceiling.
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Support the War, Mr. President — It’s Personal
President Obama, the brave men and women of the United States armed forces are looking to see if you are committed to victory in Afghanistan. On Tuesday evening, I hope you’ll start showing them that you are.
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Gay Republicans Make Their Peace With Palin
This article is a response to gay friends who have taken issue, quite civilly, with my support of John McCain for President. (Disclaimer: there is a comment on the article from someone named “Kirk,” who is not me.) While John McCain’s “selection of the Alaska governor has energized the GOP’s socially conservative wing,” it has…