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...American Nazi Party be allowed to march through the heavily Jewish town of Skokie, Illinois. If Paulin had spoken, we are sure we would have found ways to tell him and each other what we think of him. Now he will be able to lurk smugly in his Oxford lair and sneer at America’s vaunted traditions of free speech. There are some mistakes which are only made worse by trying to undo them...

Author: By Alan M. Dershowitz, Charles Fried, and Laurence H. Tribe, S | Title: Withdrawing Paulin's Invitation Unnecessary | 11/15/2002 | See Source »

...Bora; but U.S. commanders resisted dispatching even the 1,000 Marines in Afghanistan at the time to find bin Laden. Some officers now say that instead of trying to finish the job quickly and with minimal risks last year, the U.S. should have tried to surround bin Laden's lair, deploy troops to seal off the Pakistani border and wait until spring to attack. Even then, Pentagon officials say, bin Laden might still have slipped through their grasp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Grading The Other War | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

...Donkey’s Lair...

Author: By David S. Hirsch and Christopher M. Loomis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Reich Garners Student Support | 9/16/2002 | See Source »

...whatever else Sept. 11 was, it was a declaration of war. The totalitarian force of radical fundamentalist Islam, like the forces of Nazism and communism that preceded it, has not disappeared. We briefly defanged it in its most important lair in Afghanistan, but even there it has not been extinguished. Saudi Arabia, the chief exporter of this murderous ideology, remains protected by the West. Saddam Hussein is currently laboring to manufacture weapons of mass destruction that his allies in the Islamist terrorist network would dearly love to use on American soil. Suicide bombers have not relented in attempting to destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, America Has Changed | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...paid to the role of men. Why do they fear successful women? Why are they afraid of commitment? Why, during their 20s and early 30s--the best time for their female peers to have babies--are so many men too immature to take on the responsibility?" And Meredith Lair of Lemont, Pa., craved something more than our reporting could deliver. "Most women I know are thoroughly aware of the fertility difficulties we face, so the statistics you highlighted felt like a rebuke, a slap in the face. It would have been a lot more helpful if you had included...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 6, 2002 | 5/6/2002 | See Source »

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