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Credit Lincoln for our visceral revulsion at secessionist movements; he committed such eloquence to the argument for the Union remaining whole that to entertain any other notion, whatever the grievance, seems disrespectful to our bravest President and the rights he fought to defend. But what would happen if, after decades of indulging Texas' need to be the biggest and baddest and enduring all sorts of T shirts ("On the 8th Day, God Created Texas") designed to remind the rump 49 of our general inferiority, we called Perry's Lone Star bluff...
...hate the bailouts, revile the bankers, wish Detroit would secede and take Congress with it. City folk dislike farm subsidies, farmers don't have much use for mass transit, and we all hate the taxes that pay for them. So what actually unites us? We call ourselves patriots; we defend dissent. But what happens when I don't like what Washington does? If I say, "My country, right or wrong," can I turn around and say, But when I think you're wrong, I reserve the right not to be part of the country anymore? (See pictures of the richest...
Speaking from Germany, Kundermann said he was powerless to stop others from misusing his scientific work. "There's nothing we can do to defend ourselves against this kind of thing. There have always been people that were nonexperts and would take results out of context and use them for their political objectives," he said. "Information has always been misused...
...pretty happy about where we are.” Up next is the Ivy League Championships in Atlantic City, N.J., next weekend. The tournament serves as the pinnacle of the Crimson’s season, and all eyes will be on the Harvard squad as it prepares to defend its title. “We’re excited,” Balmert said. “Coming off of our win last year, we would love to do it again and prove that we really are the strongest team in the Ivy League. It’s a strong...
...Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist detained in a Tehran prison on spying charges. Known more for being a regular sparring partner with the United States, Ahmadinejad made a rare intervention into Saberi's case on Sunday by declaring that she should have the legal right to defend herself...