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...haven't we risen above such petty prejudice? Actually, no, we haven't. But the good news is, we're doing better than you might expect. According to a new study released by a pair of sociology professors, the battle between Lady Liberty and Lou Dobbs is now being fought to a draw, and our better angels may slowly be prevailing. (See pictures of the U.S. border patrol tracking illegal immigrants...
...convert to Islam, and seven other men were accused of stockpiling weapons and training for "violent jihad" overseas. The accused--all but one of whom are U.S. citizens--include two of Boyd's sons. Authorities say Boyd, the alleged ringleader, received terrorism training in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he fought against the Soviets 20 years ago. He has not been linked to al-Qaeda or other violent groups...
...modern light. For immigrants in general, relatives function as a symbol of stability in a foreign land. And undoubtedly, one maintains greater respect for those back home when seeing them requires 10,000 miles of travel. However, emigration, too, is a form of pre-emptive family partitioning, fought out in visas and green cards. And so it seems that—in a country with four times the population of the U.S. in one-third the area—all anyone really wants is space...
Reform advocates who have fought for an end to the 1980s crack sentencing laws are delighted that the stars have aligned for crack sentencing reform. At the same time, though, they say it would be a bitter disappointment if changes weren't retroactive. "It would be cruelly ironic not to make that change available to the very people whose cases led our lawmakers to make this decision," says Mary Price, vice president and general counsel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, which has advocated on Echols' behalf...
...Prince intentionally deployed to Iraq certain men who shared his vision of Christian supremacy, knowing and wanting these men to take every available opportunity to murder Iraqis. Many of these men used call signs based on the Knights of the Templar, the warriors who fought the Crusades." - Testimony of John Doe #2, entered into federal court in Virginia...