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Apart from his possession of false documents—a passport belonging to someone else, without which Yang would not have been allowed into China—the Chinese government??s case rests entirely on Yang’s vocal enthusiasm for democracy. China’s imprisonment of a supporter of democracy demonstrates that while China may be more open to the West than it was in decades past, it has yet to adopt fundamental human rights. China must learn that opinions cannot be punished...
...noted that corrupt leadership over the past 50 years led to a large loss of the Puerto Rican government??s founding principles of “honesty, compassion, responsibility and respect.” But the corrupted class of former leaders have been exposed, tried and jailed, she said...
Like police and firefighters, the soldiers in Iraq Bush so often calls heroes need only visit a local Veteran’s Hospital or look at the government??s refusal to acknowledge the damage of Gulf War Syndrome to see just how much the government takes its own cries of “Support the Troops” to heart. It’s time for our political officials—city, state and federal—to put their money where their mouths are and do more to celebrate those who risk their lives for a living...
...very generous offer and made no counterproposal—there would not only be a Palestine today, but a Palestinian flag included, without objection, at virtually every official flag display worldwide. (Editorial, “A Tarnished Silver Anniversary,” Oct. 2). The Kennedy School of Government??s (KSG) Anniversary parade would have been no exception...
Usually, D.C. has been a place slow to change because of the federal government??s death grip on it. While the federal government, unsurprisingly, is willing to give the District money, it’s less politically expedient to use D.C. as a testing ground for innovative changes that might improve the poor quality of life of its majority-black residents...