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...Pennsylvania - the sort of people who would run out and buy a hybrid before they'd support a reduction in the gasoline tax - decided to vote their faith that Obama was running an honorable campaign rather than their fear that his membership in Jeremiah Wright's church would render him radioactive...
...Like most states, Kentucky uses a three-drug combination to execute condemned prisoners. The first drug is supposed to render the inmate unconscious, the second paralyzes the lungs and the third stops the heart. If the first drug isn't administered properly and the inmate was left awake, the second and third drugs will produce an agonizing death. The question before the Court was: How far must a state go to minimize that risk...
...end” in Iraq will not necessarily make America a safer place, even if it does forestall some very unpalatable outcomes. However, keeping boots on the ground between the Tigris and Euphrates will certainly make a positive difference to the security of Iraqis. Removing the occupying force will render Obama’s bold claim that he will “end this war” sickeningly ironic. The truth is he will begin one, and a national bloodletting far more intimate and ferocious than anything thus seen in Darfur—or Iraq—will...
...There are no signs of that so far. In an gesture of defiance, the AKP is considering passing a constitutional amendment that could render the case moot, making it harder to ban parties and reducing the penalty for the charges applied. But the court could argue that such a change, enacted while the case is pending, is not admissible. In that event, Erdogan - who faces a five-year ban from politics should the AKP lose - could call early elections, or even urge his supporters to take to the streets. "The man is a fighter," said one leading businessman...
Perhaps it is fitting that the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" speech falls on Easter Sunday. After all, many had believed Reagan's grand plan for a system that would render Moscow's nuclear-tipped missiles "impotent and obsolete" died along with the Soviet Union. But "Star Wars" has been resurrected, and has been standing guard over America's skies since 2004. But the more than $120 billion spent over 25 years to build the "Star Wars" missile shield has not left the U.S. less vulnerable to attack - some would argue that it has done exactly...