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...into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee"); the very locus of God's earthly presence; and as a divine flamethrower that burns obstacles and also crisps some careless Israelites. It is too holy to be placed on the ground or touched by any but the elect. It circles Jericho behind the trumpets to bring the walls tumbling down. The Bible last places the Ark in Solomon's temple, which Babylonians destroyed in 586 BC. Scholars debate its current locale (if any): under the Sphinx? Beneath Jerusalem's Temple Mount (or, to Muslims, the Noble Sanctuary)? In France...
...Americans in the audience smiled at that: clearly an Obama voter. The notion that the U.S. might elect someone named Barack Obama seemed almost surreal to most of the Islamic delegation. But what was most striking was the overall sense of subdued despair after all the battles and outrages of the Bush years. "The past few years, the Muslims were throwing tables at us," a U.S. Middle East policy expert told me. "Maybe they're just worn...
...Under-30 Uprising I enjoyed reading your article "Why Young Voters Care Again" [Feb. 11]. It is great to see people under 30 enthused about voting in this year's presidential election. I hope they will stay inspired beyond this November. It is important to remember that politics does not end at the voting booth and that the President needs the cooperation of Congress to fulfill most campaign promises. Citizens don't have to wait until the next election to make their voices heard. Those who stay involved and make their wishes known influence what happens. It would be nice...
Obama does have a lot of youth support, and he seems young, fresh. But you made insufficient note of Senator Hillary Clinton's youth supporters. While many of our organization's members can't vote, we are dedicated to doing everything we can to help elect Clinton. Don't forget that she received a big portion of the youth vote in Florida, where the Democrats agreed not to campaign. Let's look at this race evenly. Thomas R. Senecal, President, Teens for Clinton, BOWIE...
...problem. We like our leaders to have won a majority of the vote. The difficulty will come if one of the candidates wins a majority of the delegates during the primaries and caucuses but not enough to win the nomination. What should the superdelegates do? If they combine to elect the candidate who came in second, voters would feel cheated and suspect the whole process was undemocratic. Democratic voters remember those feelings from 2000. Primaries are not necessarily meant to be democratic. They are the creation of the political parties and are in effect private clubs run by the members...