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...same-sex couples begin to enjoy their newly won equality, opponents insist that “the battle is not over.” In a time when Roe v. Wade is teetering on the edge of extinction, and important liberties are falling victim to the moral proselytizing of social conservatives, it is important that these vows to carry on the struggle resonate as strongly with advocates of gay marriage as they do with opponents. While today is a day to rejoice, it is also a time to remind ourselves that basic liberties are gained and preserved only...
...tabloid career, but the photographs he published two weeks ago purporting to show British soldiers brutally mistreating an Iraqi prisoner in the back of a truck proved Morgan's undoing. Last week the Mirror's publisher conceded the pictures were fake (the paper claims to have been the victim of a hoax), apologized unreservedly to readers and the military, and fired the editor. Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram told Parliament the pictures were "categorically not taken in Iraq"; the military, having managed to identify the truck, said the vehicle was never there. While the military furiously charged that the Mirror...
...leading figure among the “War Poets” of the World War I era, the battle-scarred Owen wrote of the hollowness of war, set against the promises of glory told to the young. His poem about the victim of a gas attack in the trenches ends in an arresting stanza...
...featured tailback prior to freshman Clifton Dawson’s arrival—made the jump last season, but injured his knee last week during a contact scrimmage. And classmate Todd LaFountaine, previously the third-string quarterback, began his transition this off-season, but has similarly fallen victim...
...hardball." But for nearly four years the Democrats have barraged Bush with name calling and personal attacks. I can't understand how anyone can consider the President the aggressor in the current partisan unpleasantness or how Kerry's below-the-belt blows are counterpunching. It's like blaming the victim. ROBERT WATERS Des Moines, Iowa...