Month: May 2007

Open Thread

In the end, who has time to blog? After reading four newspapers each day and my e-mails and doing my work, I’ve had it. Blogging remains a luxury for the young — or the bored. – Jennifer Hunter, Chicago Sun...

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Attorney Gate: How Low Does This Go?

There’s a ninth “victim” in the Attorney Gate affair, the scandal that has seen eight U.S. Attorneys dismissed for what appear to have been political purposes.  Unlike the other eight federal prosecutors,...

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And Now, For something Completely Different

An estimated 18,000 to 20,000 people lined up naked in Mexico City’s Zocalo Square in response to a call from U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick. Photo by Claudio Cruz Associated Press In a time such as this and in a world...

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A May Day ‘Riot’ Has Lessons for All of Us

I am encouraged to learn that the Los Angeles police chief believes that his premier elite squad acted in an ‘indefensible’ manner when they shot rubber bullets into a peaceably assembled group of immigration policy...

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