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Giving citizens more power to act in these situations would mean giving individuals the right to judge preemptively whether a person is a terrorist or not. But the power to be judge and executioner is of necessity the prerogative of the state alone. Obviously we "talk like victims" because we are the targets of terrorism. I don't find it "intolerable to travel" and certainly do not see an alternative to giving Grandma a pat down. What are you proposing? Profiling passengers on age? Then we are just one step away from doing the same for gender, race and religion...
...prefer to save their money and keep it at home. "Not only would an independent Vermont survive," says Naylor, "It would thrive, because it would free up entrepreneurial forces heretofore held in abeyance. We're not preaching economic isolationism. We want to confront the empire, and that doesn't mean just owning a Prius and keeping a root garden...
...including limiting the amount that companies can charge older patients, preventing the denial of coverage based on preexisting conditions, and “community rating”—or price controls—to limit the ability to offer lower costs to lower risk patients, would likely mean that younger workers would have to pay more for their basic healthcare coverage, despite being healthier...
...Cornell, a win could mean a top-25 berth for the first time since 1950. For Harvard, a victory would open up a path to its first-ever Ivy title. The stakes have never been higher. So start spreading the news...
...societies have regulated marriage with this danger in mind, recognizing in marriage the privileged status granted to the heterosexual union as the best context for procreation and the raising of children - functions understood to be vital to the society's well-being. The argument put forth by Boies would mean the effective deregulation of marriage, since his arguments already presented in court could be proposed by any number of others, including those representing polygamists." (See a video of gay marriage in the heartland...