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Some of those problems are influenced by external factors. Against Boston University on Thursday, co-captain and pitcher Margaux Black was called for multiple illegal pitches that aided an 11-run first-inning outburst for the Terriers. This weekend, it was Brown’s turn to receive the tough...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Softball Takes Two Weekend Games | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

Black started the game against the Stags, allowing two runs and five hits in three innings of work. The Crimson had to wait until the fourth inning to answer back, and the team did so in style.

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Softball Takes Two Weekend Games | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

However, real threats should not be conflated with harassment.  Joining them into a combined number is a dishonest political effort to sway public opinion by making the number of threats seem larger.  Likewise, it’s wrong to give unbalanced attention to threats against Democrats...

Author: By Ernest J. Istook | Title: Stop Playing Politics Over Threats | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

But where was their outrage about threats to kill Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) only three weeks prior?  Bunning was menaced for filibustering against $13 billion in deficit spending to expand unemployment benefits.  And how about House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), who opposed the...

Author: By Ernest J. Istook | Title: Stop Playing Politics Over Threats | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

Many more examples exist.  Violence against political figures is not new and the motives are diverse.  I’ll always remember seeing President John F. Kennedy in person a few hours before he was shot by a communist sympathizer in 1963.  One survey...

Author: By Ernest J. Istook | Title: Stop Playing Politics Over Threats | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

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