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...people? That is what nation building really means, I thought while walking the once-bloodshed Gettysburg battleground. But then I put Lincoln’s words in rightful context. There was no single “people” in America when he delivered the Gettysburg Address. He spoke in the middle of a bitter civil war to encourage one half of “the people” to keep fighting the other half.Lincoln’s words ring true to Americans now, comfortable in our certainty that we are one people. When Americans talk about the situation...
Friday, August 4, 12:06 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to a report of an individual attempting to gain access to 20 Fernald Drive by continuously ringing the doorbell. Officers arrived on location and spoke with the reporting party but could not locate the ringer...
...most part, however, the crowd listened in earnest to the articulate and occasionally poetic Ganji, who alternated between sounding like a pragmatic realist and a utopian hippie as he spoke of disarming the world's nuclear weapons to enjoy peace, love and understanding. He was almost dismissive of Ahmadinejad, claiming the Iranian president has no real power other than as the mouthpiece of the country's Supreme Leader. "Ahmadinejad says he wants to destroy Israel - can anyone believe that joke?" asked Ganji. "These are empty slogans to appeal to the masses... You shouldn't be that afraid, but we [Iranians...
...made no mention of God, let alone Jesus Christ. Her answers would have been more fitting coming from the head of the Gates Foundation than a national religious leader. For 2,000 years the church has taught that our works must flow from our faith. Sadly, Bishop Jefferts Schori spoke only of works and of a church whose focus doesn't include God. (The Rev.) Canon Francis C. Zanger Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. After reading the interview with Jefferts Schori, I have no doubt as to why the Episcopal Church in the U.S. is "rocked by controversy." Any denomination guided...
...head of NHTSA during the Carter Administration and now the president of Public Citizen, Joan Claybrook has been at the forefront of efforts to improve auto safety over the past few decades. With NHTSA due to issue new rules concerning black boxes for cars, Claybrook spoke to TIME's Margot Roosevelt about why she thinks the requiring all cars to have data recorders is such a good idea - and why the privacy concerns are being overblown...