Memorial Day urges giving to help those in need
The piece links Memorial Day to honoring fallen service members and supporting neighbors facing hardship. It cites Kansas data showing 30 percent or more of families struggling for essentials and calls for ongoing charity through churches and social services to ensure basic needs like food and housing are met.
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Prominent Iraqi Sunni Leader Calls for Retrial and Death Penalty
Qais Aboud Ali Khatri al-Janabi, head of a Sunni clan, demands a new trial and death penalty for the rape and murder of an Iraqi girl attributed to ex-U S soldier Steven Dale Green. The case has sparked wide controversy and strong demands for swift justice.
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Obama Speech Shows Self Serving Centrism at Archives
Rich Lowry critiques Barack Obama for posing as a centrist on national security while absorbing Bush era policies. The piece argues Obama avoids admitting error, distorts opponents, and politicizes issues, claiming continuity with Bush on detention and surveillance and resisting principled change.
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Empathy in Judicial Picks Sparks Debate Across Politics
Ellen Goodman surveys the debate over empathy in Supreme Court nominees, noting conservatives react to the concept as liberal bias while scholars like Carol Steiker and Richard Posner cite empathy as essential to moral reasoning. The piece contrasts empathy with pure legal analysis, cites Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Spock as a metaphor, and urges readers to reconsider the blindfolded view of justice.
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Spock
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Five Miami Men Convicted in Al Qaeda Plot Fiasco
Column argues the 2006 Liberty City raid and later convictions show a flawed case against seven men who pledged to al Qaida for cash, with no guns or bombs found. Two juries deadlocked before a third conviction. one defendant acquitted. author urges fear overreach to be rejected.
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