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...Phoenix THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS The Secret Service says it's not alarmed, but plenty of other people are. Protesters outside two of President Obama's recent events, in New Hampshire and Arizona, have arrived carrying guns, including a Phoenix man toting a pistol and an AR-15 assault rifle. Carrying visible weapons is legal in both states, and the protesters were not in the high-security zone around the President. But the head of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence called the incidents "craziness," especially amid the combustible debate over health-care reform...
...violence doesn’t awe me. Politics has been violent—or at least violently crude and crass—for all of my generation’s time. Although there’s special irony about an AR-15 at a healthcare debate, it’s not altogether unexpected...
...about a dozen people carried guns a block away from the Phoenix convention center where President Obama was speaking, including one man with an AR-15 assault rifle slung over his shoulder. The neatly dressed man carrying the AR-15 - who also had a holstered pistol on his hip - identified himself to a reporter from the Arizona Republic only as Chris as he argued with supporters of Obama's health-reform efforts. Asked why he had brought the guns to the gathering, he answered, "Because I can do it. In Arizona, I still have some freedoms left...
Barack Obama's choice for education secretary, Chicago school chief Arne (Ar-NEE) Duncan, is getting a warm welcome from most factions of the education community. He's been, in many ways, an unconventional leader willing to find creative solutions to some of public education's oldest dilemmas, including school attendance and dropout rates. The 44-year-old will have a lot on his plate, if confirmed, including what to do with President Bush's much maligned No Child Left Behind policy and how to make college more affordable. (See Obama's other Cabinet picks...
...into the head of a male assassin?AHR: It’s exciting and scary, but I think I’m up to the challenge.RR: Who did your character try to assassinate?AHR: Richard Nixon.RR: Is it tense working on a play with all these assassins?AR: It’s so tense, because at any moment you don’t know if someone will get too into their character and drop a blooper.RR: Are your roommates scared of you since you’ve been playing an assassin?AR: Yes, I haven’t spoken...