Our View: Patriotism by Convenience in Email Pledge Drive
The piece criticizes a widespread email campaign urging the Pledge of Allegiance ahead of the Sept 11 anniversary. It argues real patriotism requires concrete acts like volunteering and community help, not forwarding messages signed by strangers. It supports the president’s call for meaningful civic effort over easy digital gestures.
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Edia
Bush
Iraq
God
World Leaders Seek Plan to Aid Poor and Halt Declines
At the World Summit on Monday, French President Chirac framed humanity’s rendezvous with destiny as negotiators approve a plan to help the globe’s poorest people and reverse environmental declines. Mandela voiced anger at threats to attack Iraq, urging adherence to U.N. norms. Patty Harty warned that organ transplants may spread West Nile virus, calling for better testing.
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Patty Harty
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History highlights for September 3 across centuries
Today's date marks historic events from 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War to 1978 Pope John Paul I's papacy. Notable milestones include Richard I's coronation in 1189, Cromwell's death in 1658, Britain and France declaring war in 1939, and Viking II Mars landing in 1976.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
England
Richard I
Westminster
Oliver Cromwell
Britain
France
Germany
Poland
John Charles Daly
CBS
U.S
Mars
Pope John Paul I
United Way Campaign Seeks Community Support
A United Way drive launches this week inviting donations. Voters are asked to respond via email fax phone or mail with options Yes more than before Yes about the same No money's tight Not sure yet.
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United Way
United States
bin Laden
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Jorge Briceno
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia
FARC
Bogota
Alvaro Uribe
Uribe
Beaver Island Weather, Woes, and Hopeful Turnarounds
On Beaver Island Michigan the writer notes rising Lake Michigan water levels easing wades, plus a revived street scene with blacktop and parking lines. The island mourns a closed restaurant and a burned World Trade Center relic arrives, while local clergy critique church abuse and the community abides through cyclical changes and possible return of music at the Old Rectory.
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Mich
Jean Kingsley
Post
Brian Faler
White House
Lake Michigan
Washington
Earth Policy Institute
United States
China
Institute
Lester Brown
Michigan
Traverse City
Beaver Island
Corps of Engineers
Frankie Lane
Ferry Dock
McDonough’s
Wall Street
Old Rectory
Phil Hoffman
Rudy Giuliani
Jackson
New York
Bill McDonough
Women on Campus Stir Debate Over Gender Gap
The rise of women earning 57 percent of bachelor degrees prompts fears of a crisis as headlines ask where the men went. Data show women now outpace men in degrees, with minority and low income groups widening the gap. Experts insist the issue centers on race and class, not a gender war, while noting marriage prospects may shift for educated women.
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Harvard
Edward Clarke
R.R. Coleman
Christina Hoff Sommers
Business Roundtable
King
Jacqueline Woods
American Association of University Women
Thomas Mortenson
Pell Institute
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