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Faces of terror

Jihad Jane proves ethnic profiling is dumb idea

Evil is not a color. It has no particular religion nor creed, nor style of dress, nor gender nor geographic home. Evil is an equal opportunity employer. One hopes we learn at least that much from the adventures of Jihad Jane. That, according to... Full story

Shadow of debt

Nation's deficit could become Obama's legacy

Ten years ago, when President Bill Clinton announced his 2001 budget, he stood before a made-for-TV backdrop reading “America: Debt Free By 2013.” No, that wasn’t a joke. Remember that months earlier Clinton had whipped out a... Full story

Run, Sarah, Run

Palin’s 2012 candidacy would provide nation with moment of truth

Dear Sarah Palin: I hear you’re pondering a run for the White House in 2012. Last week, you told Fox News it would be “absurd” to rule it out. I’m writing to ask that you rule it in. I very badly want you to run for —... Full story

Battle over gay rights

Officials should abolish 'don't ask, don't tell' policy

It was a milestone for gay and lesbian rights when the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testified Tuesday before Congress in favor of abolishing the military’s unjust “don’t ask, don’t... Full story

Walk away

U.S. should fight terrorism in Yemen, instead of in Afghanistan

Joel Brinkley

Al-Qaida in Yemen has grown so strong and adept that the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Japan were forced to close their embassies in Sanaa, Yemen, this week — so seriously are they taking al-Qaida’s “live and active... Full story

Glimmer of Hope: Threads of progress visible in Mideast

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — When the Roman Catholic patriarch of the Holy Land, Fouad Tual, celebrated Mass in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem this Christmas Eve, events in the town and region over this past year gave more and more... Full story

As time flies ...

Americans have seen major changes in travel, technology over past decade

Beth J. Harpaz

Remember getting through an airport without removing your shoes, dumping your water bottle or showing ID? Remember when buying plane tickets by phone was faster than using a clunky Web site with a dial-up connection? Remember when you needed a... Full story

In Rehnquist's defense

Chief justice's friend rebuts Ted Kennedy’s depiction of him

McClatchy-Tribune

Readers of Ted Kennedy’s memoir, True Compass — consistently near the top of all best-seller lists since late September — will occasionally find the late senator in a contrite frame of mind. Of Chappaquiddick, for example, he... Full story

To infinity and back?

Without international help, funding, space program will stay earthbound

The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Maybe someone should stick a copy of The Right Stuff into the DVD player on President Barack Obama’s long flight back from his mission to Asia. That inspirational movie about America’s first astronauts might help Obama make a decision... Full story

Conserve coral reefs

Scientists say we must protect the environment or face irreversible losses

Jeff Wise

Today, many of our planet’s natural areas are seriously threatened by human incursion, overexploitation and global warming: Less than a fifth of the world’s original forest cover remains in unfragmented tracts, while just one-third of... Full story

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