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...order to believe that this threatens heterosexual marriage, you have to believe it's a zero-sum game. If gay couples get married, then somehow straights will not. But why not both? Why cannot marriage bring us together rather than tear us apart? The answer, alas, is that this President has decided it will help him politically to tear us apart. His base is restless over government spending and Iraq, and this is a means to placate and energize it. If that means turning a tiny minority into a lethal threat to civilization, so be it. If that minority...
...caffeine-and-sodium-buzzed heartbeat away from the presidency subsequently admitted that "on a good day" he has been known to open four before noon, at which point Kerry pronounced himself stunned, seized the can from Edwards and started reading the nutrition label aloud. "Sodium, 2%. Protein, John, zero," he called as Edwards scrambled for the door. As for himself, Kerry owned up: "When I drink Coke, I have to drink the real thing, because of the sugar...
...wrecked by arson; Muslim and Jewish cemeteries have become favored sites for neo-Nazi desecration. "Whereas those taking responsibility for anti-Arab attacks previously spoke of punishing 'immigrants,' since 9/11 they claim to be battling the Arab jihad," says one police official. Public opinion may finally be edging toward zero tolerance for such attacks. But Wieviorka says a fundamental problem remains: "France insists all differences of cultural, communal and religious identity be banished from the public place. But differences are out there. We must accept and live with them." Until then France may be forced to witness more attacks...
...which, at 540 m, will be the tallest building in the world when completed in 2008; at the former site of the World Trade Center in New York City. Nearly three years after a terror attack leveled the Twin Towers, New York officials gathered at a ceremony at ground zero as the 20-ton granite block was lowered into place. Its inscription reads: "To honor and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and as a tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom...
...wave of bombings two weeks ago that killed more than 100 Iraqis in a single day: "That alienated everyone." It could help al-Shahwani quickly recruit informants and obtain the kind of intelligence that can flush out the jihad groups infesting western Iraq. "We might be starting from zero," he tells TIME, "but we will definitely do better than the coalition because we know this country. This is our life...