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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...axiom goes, bad news makes good copy. While the tragic events of recent months have fully justified such dismal assessments, they have hardly substantiated the media's consistently-and grossly-distorted portrayal of the conflict. Inflammatory headlines, manipulated photographs and utterly unprofessional articles tell a tale of the righteous outrage of the Palestinian masses, long oppressed at Israel's bloody hands, whose innocent children are now slaughtered by the dozens in cruel Israeli reprisals for what are justified acts of violence against an "apartheid regime...

Author: By Matt A. Rojansky, | Title: Reviving Ethical Journalism | 4/12/2001 | See Source »

China has most likely detained the crew to obtain more time to pick apart the advanced Navy plane piece by piece. Self-righteous exhortations from the administration about “sovereign territory” notwithstanding, when advanced technology happens to fall out of the sky, it is common practice for nations to take advantage of the opportunity. The U.S. would surely have seized a similar chance; in fact, the last time America managed to get its hands on a sunken Russian submarine, it investigated the ship thoroughly. Though it is unfortunate that military secrets might be lost, nothing...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: On a Collision Course | 4/5/2001 | See Source »

...gone through the Scripture and picked out an appropriate message for Dale to take with him on the road. Since race day was the 18th, she picked the 18th Proverb, and settled on verse 10: "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe." Stevie handed him the note. He read it, kissed her on the cheek and headed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Lap: The Empty Parking Spot Next to Mine | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...word to my critics. One big risk of a one-man enterprise like mine is becoming self-righteous. I want to thank you for helping me to address that problem. My wife doesn't want me to suffer from too much self-esteem...

Author: By Harvey C. Mansfield, | Title: Educational 'Therapy' | 2/27/2001 | See Source »

...Basically this: revenue lost from repeal of the estate tax would mean additional tax on the middle class or a reduction in their benefits and services. Further, repeal would lead to a steep drop in charitable giving as the wealthy stop looking for ways to reduce their estates. So righteous are these superrich that, as reported by the New York Times, the only reason Warren Buffet didn't sign was because the petition doesn't go far enough in defending the estate tax, which he insists promotes success based on merit, not bloodline. Buffet likened hand-me-down wealth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why These Guys Are Dead Wrong | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

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