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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Inconsistencies in life and death
November 16, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 I kept waiting to feel something when news came that John Allen Muhammad had been executed in Virginia. As a staunch opponent of capital punishment, I wanted some nugget of …
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Raeed N. Tayeh: Shooting puts Muslims under harsher scrutiny
November 16, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 For American Muslims, the Fort Hood massacre is a crisis. There are open calls for a blanket investigation of Muslims in the military and even demands for a ban on … 1
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The mass murderer as victim
November 14, 2009 in Opinion on Page B4 What a surprise – that someone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” (the “God is great” jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist … 1
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Amy Goodman: ‘Oz’ lyricist’s message lives
November 13, 2009 in Opinion on Page A19 Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps, enjoy another annual telecast of “The Wizard of Oz.” The 70-year-old film classic bears … 1
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Kathleen Parker: China puts women in peril
November 12, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 One of the few incontrovertible assertions one can reasonably make is that no one supports forced abortion. Yet coerced abortions, as well as involuntary sterilizations, are commonplace in China, Beijing’s …
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Cal Thomas, U.S. is blinded by tolerance
November 10, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 By now, the script should be disturbingly familiar. Whether in the Middle East, or increasingly in America, a fanatical Muslim blows up or goes on a shooting spree, killing many. … 1
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Honor killing’ an act of cowardice and fear
November 9, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 We don’t know why Faleh Hassan Almaleki came to this country in the mid-’90s, and it’s unlikely he’ll be able to tell us anytime soon. He’s in jail in Maricopa …
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David S. Broder: As Honor Flights soar, new idea born
November 8, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 A couple weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth Dole and a group of elderly soldiers, …
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Republicans’ recipe for ruination
November 7, 2009 in Opinion on Page B6 The Tea Party wing of the Republican Party had the perfect strategy for upstate New York’s 23rd Congressional District: 1. Support a candidate who doesn’t live in the district – …
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An extraordinary injustice
November 6, 2009 in Opinion on Page A17 “Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a …
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David S. Broder: Nervous voters turn to GOP
November 5, 2009 in Opinion on Page A15 A year after Barack Obama’s election stirred broad hopes for change among American voters, persistent high unemployment and the spectacle of continued gridlock in Washington threaten Democratic dominance of the … 1
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Consult the Constitution
November 3, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of a centralized federal … 3
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Good hair’ is not the source of beauty
November 2, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 An open letter to African-American women: It’s about the need to be beautiful, I know. 1
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A bellwether for Obama’s influence
November 1, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 The first key votes of the Obama era take place this week, not on the floor of the House or Senate, where health care legislation still languishes, but in Virginia, …
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Obama out of Bush excuses
October 31, 2009 in Opinion on Page B4 WASHINGTON – Old Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. 3
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Expect to bail out the FHA next
October 31, 2009 in Opinion on Page B4 Exactly who made Bernadine Shimon think that she could buy a new house shortly after declaring bankruptcy and losing another home to foreclosure? The American taxpayer, that’s who. Without a … 1
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Amy Goodman: To stem suicides, end wars
October 30, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself. He was just one …
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Kathleen Parker: Give Obama some guy time
October 29, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 As if President Barack Obama didn’t have enough on his plate with health care and Afghanistan, he’s now faced with the problem that can’t be solved: women. Sorry, Mr. President, …
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Cal Thomas: Reclaim education first
October 27, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got 4
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Incivility? No, that’s democracy in action
October 26, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 There is much gnashing of teeth and rending of cloth these days about the death of civility. Apparently, like Cupid with his arrow or a pixie with fairy dust, some … 1
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