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Charles Krauthammer: Another travesty set for New York

Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post

For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the “propaganda of the deed.” And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was Sept. 11, 2001 — not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic. And... Full story

Eugene Robinson: New York a battlefield in the war of ideas

Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post

Critics of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to bring the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and four other accused terrorists to New York for trial can’t seriously believe the city will have trouble handling... Full story

Indiana pastor seeks her son - and expects a miracle

Do you believe in coincidences?

By KEVIN LEININGER, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

Jane Evanstar doesn’t seem to, which is why a recent series of events has led her to expect what some might call a miracle: reunification with a son she never knew, and hasn’t seen in more than 56 years. Today, the 72-year-old is pastor... Full story

Mitch Albom: Overseas, Obama gives people hope

Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press

“So how do you think Obama is doing?” The question came not once but many times during a trip this past week to Ireland and England. From friends. From journalists. Even cabdrivers. “How do you think Obama is doing?” It... Full story

Jacob Sullum: Menu mandate’s missing math

The most conspicuous effect you will see from President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul won’t be at your doctor’s office or the hospital. It will be at your local Burger King. That’s assuming the Senate goes along with a... Full story

Kathleen Parker: Calm the key to accepting report on cancer

Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post

Calm. That’s not a word one hears much these days, but calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new federal report on breast cancer screening. Released Monday, the report has caused a stir with its recommendation that women in their 40s... Full story

George Will: Arizona fighting a coercion clause

George F. Will, The Washington Post

PHOENIX — In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea. The institute,... Full story

Jonathan Riskind: Is bar for breaking a filibuster too high?

Are you an environmentalist frustrated by the Senate’s inability to bring a climate-change bill to the floor for a final vote? Are you a liberal wondering why the victory you thought you won at the ballot box last year seems virtually... Full story

Bart Mills: You’ve got an unfriend in me

Bart Mills

It has apparently come time to distance myself from the folks at the Oxford American Dictionary. I suppose distance may not be exactly the right word. Extricate might be more to the point, or perhaps disentangle. There was a time I would have... Full story

John Grindrod: Reading, the long and the short of it

John Grindrod

From time to time, my sister Joan and I engage in some pretty spirited debates about matters pertaining to the greatest gift from my schooling I ever received, the ability to read. In our discussions, of course, we never argue the cons of such an... Full story

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