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...ruins of fire. I went, moreover, as someone whose faith is, and may be always, small and weak. I felt strange walking to church, and stranger still entering it, for I am prone to skepticism, particularly where matters of the spirit are concerned. I know about the death wrought by religion, the divisive, imperial-laden turns it can take, the hatred it can pull out of the mouth of love. Much the same I could sayunpopular as it is to do soabout the United States of America, a nation that has wreaked havoc on other nations in the name...
...trying to rekindle the flames of Israeli-Palestinian violence couldn't be doing a better job than the leaders on both sides right now. Israeli forces on Tuesday killed eight Palestinians in a strike on a political office belonging to Hamas, the militant Islamist group whose suicide bombers have wrought havoc in Israel over the past decade. Two of the casualties were senior Hamas political leaders, while reports suggest that two Palestinian children playing outside the building at the time of the attack were also killed. The attack is almost certain to provoke a response from Hamas, inevitably...
...WORLD TRADE BRIDGE The last semi, No. 3,902 for the day, reaches the checkpoint of the World Trade Bridge. Its load: 45 pieces of wrought-iron furniture, headed for the patios of the North...
...Witness what celebrity hath wrought on the Bush twins, Jenna and Barbara. Well, just Jenna, really. The University of Texas freshman has been cited twice in the past two months for alcohol-related incidents, most recently Tuesday night, when the manager of a Mexican restaurant called Austin police after the 19-year-old tried to order a beer using someone else?s ID. Barbara, as the tabloids breathlessly reported Thursday morning, "sat by and watched" as her twin was apprehended...
...leaving many of its traditional allies inclined to simply wait out the four or eight years of his tenure. Those who want to see Washington playing a leading role, in consultation with its allies, on the international stage, will be relieved at what Senator Jeffords has wrought. Then again, they could be plunged right back into their nightmare if Senator Robert Torricelli is impeached. But Strom Thurmond's not going to be in office forever? So many butterflies, so many earthquakes...