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Other troubling additions include the acceptance of “evidence” from secret sources without consideration of the methods or activities by which the information was acquired. The act also rejects the right to invoke the Geneva Convention, stating that the convention is subject to the interpretation of...
But that's not quite true. There aren't very many people--ebony, ivory or other--who have Obama's distinctive portfolio of talents, or what he calls his "exotic" family history. His parentage was the first thing he chose to tell us about himself when he delivered his knockout...
It was no more than two years ago that Barack Obama—then a senatorial candidate for the state of Illinois and now the only African-American currently serving in the Senate— delivered a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. His speech struck such a resounding...
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will start randomly inspecting bags on the public transit system in an attempt to deter terrorist acts, Governor W. Mitt Romney announced yesterday. MBTA officials will use equipment that can detect any trace of explosive material on a bag, such as on seams, zippers...
Barenboim’s defiance of convention has its limitations, however. Flaxman points out that the East-Western Divan has not yet managed to play in Barenboim’s childhood home. "It’s sad to remember that they’ve only played to Arab audiences twice...