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...Wright's critics have confused nationalism with patriotism. Nationalism is the uncritical support of one's country regardless of its moral or political bearing. Patriotism is the affirmation of one's country in light of its best values, including the attempt to correct it when it's in error. Wright's words are the tough love of a war-tested patriot speaking his mind--one of the great virtues of our democracy. The most patriotic thing his nation can do now is extend to him the same right for which he was willing...
...been practically handicapped by their makeup. If they were not largely fronted by white men, they would have been less vulnerable to the uncomfortable images of the media's boys ganging up on Hillary in the earlier debates or of largely white TV personalities piling on Obama about Jeremiah Wright in the much trashed ABC debate and before. Finally, there are solid business reasons. If TV news has any hope of finding another generation of viewers, hiring staff who reflect younger viewers' reality is relevant...
...Captain Damon Wright and sophomore Nick Santomauro provide the muscle in the Big Green’s powerful offense, with both checking into the Ancient Eight’s top ten with seven and six round-trippers, respectively...
...outdoor cafe. But after delighting in the bustle of the French Quarter, we saw another part of New Orleans that didn’t look like America at all—the Ninth Ward. Gabe Unger ’11’s friend from New Orleans, Kimble Wright, and his mom led us around the Ninth Ward by car, where we encountered dozens of deserted stores and shopping malls. As the closed roller coasters of Six Flags rose over the highway, ghostly in the distance, Kimble said from the passenger’s seat, “Then Katrina...
...transcendent irony of this campaign that Obama, who entered the race intent on getting past the "dorm fights of the '60s," has now become deeply entangled in them. Each of the ABC moderators' questions were about controversies that erupted in the '60s. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright's black-nationalist sermons had their roots in the black-power movement that corrupted Martin Luther King Jr.'s "beloved community." The sprouting of flag pins on the lapels of politicians was a response to the flag-burning of antiwar protesters; the violence of Weather Underground members like William Ayers, with whom Obama...