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...Secretary Tommy Thompson have offered mixed messages, the mayors have to develop their own battle plans. Last week they met in Washington for an emergency summit of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. They traded ideas on how to deal with airport security, prepare for biological and chemical threats and strengthen their health care systems. They also presented a set of recommendations for Ridge and President Bush, asking for an advisory role to Ridge's office, money to help pay for all the added security costs, and better communication with...
...Dominic’s massacre should only strengthen our resolve in the ongoing military battle against the Taliban. Pakistan’s small Christian minority has been devastated, but we will achieve justice for the murdered parishioners. Above all, their tragic deaths should remind us of the urgency of our task and the righteousness of our mission...
Ideally, a university should be a brief sanctuary from the real world, a place that allows its students freedom to think, to question and to be questioned. An education should cultivate what is best in us, inspire and encourage ideals, clarify and strengthen our vision. At no other point in our lives are we so absolutely free to live the life of the mind, to engage completely with a world of ideas. Here, we take momentary refuge in great works of literature, feats of science, narratives of history, learning from those who have lived the life of the mind?...
...They can't let this assassination pass easily. To them it's a slap in the face on a par with the World Trade Center attack. So Sharon has to strengthen his internal front. Before this he was in trouble with his cabinet; now he's in a better position. Sharon's game is political survival. He has to hit strongly against Arafat. That's the way that polishes his image in eyes of Israelis. Even if that means losing international support. Who cares about international support? America is preoccupied with Afghanistan. Only Colin Powell has the time to make...
...just over a month since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and new and drastic measures have been proposed to strengthen America’s airline security. Beyond increased oversight at airport metal detectors and reinforced cockpit doors, some industry leaders and lawmakers have, irresponsibly, proposed arming pilots as a deterrent against terrorism. Testifying before a congressional subcommittee, Duane Woerth, the president of the Air Line Pilots Association, America’s largest pilot union, advocated a plan to do just that—to equip pilots with firearms...