Archive for August, 2010
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Vacation
Posted on August 20, 2010
The vacation is a relatively modern invention. Most historians will say it was invented in the early 19th century, when wealthy people “vacated” their homes and schools and went elsewhere,...
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Iraq, Bush and the Upcoming Campaign
Posted on August 19, 2010
I was talking to my good friend Alex Mistri, a man who spent a year working for the military and the State Department in Iraq, and I asked him what...
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Justice at Justice?
Posted on August 18, 2010
It has been a bad couple of weeks for the Justice Department. Yesterday, Rod Blagojevich outfoxed U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and tied up a jury, escaping 23 out of 24...
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The Curious Defense of Islam
Posted on August 17, 2010
On the front page of the New York Times this morning there appears a frightening story about how a young couple that eloped in Afghanistan was stoned to death for...
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Mosque Mess
Posted on August 16, 2010
I support religious freedom. I support the idea that any legitimate religion should have the right to build any house of worship in any private property site, as long as...
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