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...might not think you would need to be armed to order a latte, but the Bay Area gun owners--who are loosely affiliated with a website called OpenCarry.org--are hoping to draw attention to what they see as a Second Amendment guarantee: the right to carry a gun without fear that it will be confiscated. In at least three states--including, oddly, Texas--it is illegal to carry a gun openly. The Supreme Court recently heard arguments in McDonald v. Chicago, a case that will decide whether state and local gun-control ordinances violate the Second Amendment. The court...
...engagement with Shep's private war between doing the right thing heartwise and doing the right thing headwise saves the novel. In its second half, So Much for That becomes a page turner. Having let her characters amply articulate all the reasons life stinks, Shriver starts making a case for why even a lousy life is worth fighting for, and she does it with a biting honesty that rebukes all sentiment ality. For too long, this book had me thinking its title is dispiriting, a cynical flick at our throwaway dreams. In fact, says this viciously smart writer, the that...
Many of the Britons mourning Michael Foot, who died March 3 at 96, did not vote Labour when he led the party. Some had not yet reached voting age when he (right, with his wife, the author and filmmaker Jill Craigie) helmed the party's 1983 parliamentary campaign. Some had not yet been born. And a thumping majority of those who were eligible to vote chose to retain Margaret Thatcher as prime minister, after Britain's 1982 Falklands-war victory burnished her popularity...
...fire. "They've argued now is not the time for reform," he said of his critics, slamming analysts who say a push for health care could come at the expense of the Democratic majority in the November elections. "My question to them is: When is the right time? If not now, when? If not us, who?" Obama also had harsh words for the health-insurance industry, citing a need for greater accountability and more options for consumers. Under pressure from the White House to wrap up negotiations, Democrats in Congress struggled to iron out lingering differences between the House...
...Afraid of Jenny McCarthy?" [March 8]: McCarthy's activism has merit. Instead of touting statistics based on studies that may not be asking the right questions, the medical community should view autism through a multifaceted lens and catch up to parents who already...