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Most students are familiar with early memories of grade school when teachers instructed the class to stand at attention and pledge allegiance to the nation—ensuring that the 31-word recitation, and appreciation for the nation united “under God,” would be forever...
When an agnostic Californian father, Michael A. Newdow, won a case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in June 2002, the San Francisco court guaranteed that his 9-year-old daughter would not be subjected to the daily ritual of reciting “under...
"The Americans are good-hearted. When they love you, they really love you," says al-Jaburi, "but when you finish your job, they forget you." Replies an officer of the CIA, who would not comment on the contributions of any particular Iraqi: "The people who have worked for us have...
Maybe because four of them (Penn, Robbins, Bacon and Fishburne) have directed films. Penn, in fact, has long thought of himself as a writer-director--he has made three impressive features (The Indian Runner, The Crossing Guard and The Pledge) as well as a poignant short film on 9/11--who finances...
Japan Precedents have been set, and they're not good. In 1974, Gerald Ford-dressed in a pair of borrowed formal trousers that barely reached his socks-met then-Emperor Hirohito. (Ford's own pants hadn't been packed.) And in 1992, the first President Bush famously vomited and collapsed...