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...your March 12 cover story: as a Sunni Muslim in the U.S., I am often asked to explain the differences and disagreements between the Islamic sects. Your superb analysis has made my job so much easier. It is the most balanced, finely nuanced examination of the sectarian divide I have ever read in the mainstream media. Unlike many other non-Muslim commentators, Bobby Ghosh correctly realizes that the root of the fighting in Iraq (and in other parts of the Islamic world) is not religion but politics. The warring parties cloak themselves in religious garb and quote suras from...
...don’t do that. Maybe you could explain to me what that is, because I keep hearing about it. We have review sessions on Friday, so it must be something similar...
Most of the participants hailed from West Coast schools, Byrne and Meehan explain, such as Loyola Marymount, UCLA, and Washington. Many “big-time schools,” as Meehan suggests, were represented as well, as kids from the University of Texas, USC, and LSU participated. But, admittedly, those schools didn’t send their best players...
...plans to continue his writing career. “A lot of famous people from the intelligence world have contacted me,” he said. “[They say] ‘You’re one of the few people who have been able to explain intelligence in a way that’s real.’” He also offered wisdom to Harvard students from his time as a spy. “There is a secret war going beneath the surface in politics,” he said...
...message, Roehrkasse who was on a trip with Gonzales in South America at the time, wrote, "The Attorney General is extremely upset with the stories on the US Attys this morning" - stories that dealt with the Congressional testimony by Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, who was trying to explain why Cummins and others were dismissed. According to Roehrkasse's e-mail, "[Gonzales] also thought some of the DAG's statements were inaccurate." Roehrkasse has since said that Gonzales believed at the time that Cummins was being fired because of poor performance...