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...Motherwell police station, Capt. Andre Beetge says the protection of Somalis is a priority. But he also reflects what Lefko-Everett says is widespread official ambivalence about refugees. "Immigrants should expect a little difficulty from locals," says Capt. Beetge. "And maybe they should weigh up what they are experiencing in their own country with what they are experiencing here. If it really is that bad here, why don't they go back...
...find someone to squeeze in on top of him. And there is no evidence that Bush would if he could, though just about every Republican I know privately wonders about this. One former Bush adviser posed the question in a recent conversation: After Iraq, does the President weigh Cheney's advice in the same...
...problem with bombast is that it comes at a cost. The struggle against violent Islamic extremism is not a show trial. It's a long fight that requires discipline. We must balance fear with reason and weigh probability, not just possibility...
...student publication’s elections raised serious concerns about the independence of the collegiate press. Universities, like society at large, rely on a free press to provide a check on administrative authority and misuse of power. Administrative oversight, has a chilling effect by forcing students to weigh their journalistic duty against fear of disciplinary sanction from the university. No journalist—student or professional—should have to make such a choice. We applaud efforts to give legislative protection to the collegiate press, such as a bill passed by the Illinois legislature earlier this year. Closer...
Hanging a new museum show is never less than a complicated job. Getting all that art positioned just so--it's a test of nerves. But when the show is for Richard Serra, whose typical work is made from coiling steel plates that weigh 20 tons or so, complicated doesn't begin to describe it. Putting the things in place is like moving a dozen rockets to their launch pads. There's one sizable new Serra, called Sequence, that consists of 12 plates weighing a total of 243 tons. The average commercial airliner weighs...