Word: patriotism
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They call themselves the Patriot Guard Riders, and in a culture in which a 24-hour news cycle and habitual political spin can make the most earnest public gesture seem tired or canned, they appear to be the real thing: a spontaneous mass movement. They formed as a response to the Rev. Fred Phelps, an attention-crazed fanatic based in Topeka, Kans., who has logged 15 years as a kind of paleo-fundamentalist, gay-baiting performance artist. Last spring Phelps grabbed the already troubling line, taken by preachers such as Pat Robertson, that disasters like 9/11 were God's punishment...
...scene in Worcester was anything but holy, as the Crimson desecrated Holy Cross (9-31, 4-12 Patriot League) yesterday afternoon. Mirroring last year’s domination, Harvard swept the non-conference double-header with a 5-1 win in Game 1 and a 6-1 final in Game 2. The pair of victories puts the Crimson at just below .500 on the season (20-21, 6-6 Ivy League). HARVARD 6, HOLY CROSS 1 Pitching was the story in both games, as the Crimson hurlers gave up a total of one earned run in the series. Sophomore Amanda...
Only 41 years old, the New Hampshire Republican is the youngest member of the Senate, but that hasn't limited his reach. Sununu played a major role this year on the lobbying-reform legislation, and he got the Bush Administration to make some crucial changes in the Patriot Act before he voted to reauthorize it. The son of former White House chief of staff John H. Sununu, he has become a well-respected fiscal conservative, last fall calling for cuts in nearly every part of the budget to offset spending for Hurricane Katrina...
...week, residents of 24 counties passed resolutions calling for U.S. troops to pull out of Iraq, joining dozens of towns in Vermont that have passed similar measures. Seven states--Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana and Vermont--and nearly 400 counties have voted either to criticize or ignore the Patriot Act. Come November, voters in localities across the U.S. will be asked to say yea or nay to affirmative action, abortion and embryonic-stem-cell research. "All of these are very personal issues. Who better to decide them than citizens themselves?" asks Archon Fung, a government professor at Harvard. "This...
...until April 15 will Harvard face a league opponent on the road again. The Crimson will battle Patriot League foe Holy Cross (9-7-1) in Worcester, Mass. on Wednesday...