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...growing threats to Israel, they are not only concerned for a fellow democratic ally in the war against terror; they are also worried about God's chosen people and the fate of the land where events must unfold in a specific way for Jesus to return. That combination helps explain why some Christian leaders have not only bonded with Jews this winter as rarely before but have also pressed their case in the Bush White House as if their salvation depended...
...took place earlier in the month while checking my e-mail. “So what are you doing for the summer?” he asked as our conservation regressed into generic IM small talk. I proudly replied “ABSOLUTELY NOTHING” and continued to explain that my summer would be spent at home. Here, absolutely nothing actually meant a lot: I would commit to working a local job, writing for the WomenINColor play and wholly familiarizing myself with music, the beach, the gym, my men of yesterday (Faulkner, Steinbeck) and my men of today (Damon...
...Jose Padilla story broke last week, I felt as though I knew this guy. What I wasn't as familiar with, however, was the Muslim culture Jose had embraced here in Florida in the early '90s, especially the extremist brand of Islam he later adopted. As a result, to explain this tragic turn his life took, I relied on Islamic community leaders in Broward County and colleagues like Hasnain to help me understand the thuggish subculture that is perverting Islam--which turned out to be just another, albeit deadlier, street gang for Jose to join...
...money situation. Nothing doing--until a year later, when the older woman learned she had cancer. With some urging, she agreed to move to a supported-living condo in New York, and her family found out that she had $20,000 in credit-card debt that she couldn't explain. Helping her was a struggle. "Mom's mostly competent, but not fully," says her daughter, 47. "She's very independent and stubborn and insists on doing a lot for herself...
...about a year of this, I was having dinner with my children--Joseph was 5, Ana was 4--and the phone rang with the good news. I couldn't believe it. I said, "Kids, you have to drink champagne for the first time in your life." I tried to explain what the job meant. They said, "Oh, that's nice...