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They do, however, have an unusually vigorous commitment to self-defense. "Within two years, I expect to see the Constitution suspended. We will be prepared to defend it," says Norman Olson, an independent Baptist minister who together with real estate salesman Ray Southwell founded the Michigan Militia. Toward that end, Olson has led army-style maneuvers on an 32-hectare tract of scrub pine and meadow dotted with obstacle courses and bunkers. Most of those who come for the training sessions are middle-aged, white, family men who must struggle to support their loved ones and struggle even harder...
Despite the popularity of these exercises, the militia stripped Olson of his command last Friday after he sent inflammatory faxes to the news media blaming the Oklahoma explosion on the Japanese government. When a Time reporter knocked on Olson's door later that day, Olson appeared in a blue bathrobe. "Why are you bothering me?" he asked. "Can't you see I'm trying to stop World War III?" The next day, both Olson and Southwell, who had helped prepare the fax, resigned under pressure from the militia...
...pack of Harvard runners took the lead from the start, refusing to relinquish its position. Junior Claire Richardson crossed the line first with a time of 9:59.33, followed four seconds later by Crimson sophomore Nicole Cochran. Sophomore Jeanne Mack and juniors Hilary May and Jamie Olson grabbed the third through fifth positions. Fifteen more seconds lapsed before a runner from a different team reached the finish...
...4x400 team ran the 4x800 race and they were right in it the entire time,” Olson said. “It was pretty impressive since they normally run 400s. They did really well. In the last two laps it was just them and Alabama [State...
...access to [Tribe] when I was in the Department of Justice, I am sure I would have talked to him about many constitutional issues,” Olson said. “I think it’s great for the Department to get a talent like him. He has so much energy and so many ideas...