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    Michael Gerson: Threatening mosques -- and Christianity, too

    Washington Post

    Achurch in Florida is poised to commemorate an act of violence committed in the name of Islam, the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, with an act of stupidity committed in the name of Christianity, the public burning of...

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    The failure to ban plastic bags; the scandal in Bell; life without parole for juvenile offenders

    LA Times

    It was in the bag Re "Pay reforms inspired by Bell OKd, but lawmakers defeat a proposed ban on plastic grocery bags," Sept. 1 Though I was never too keen on the ban of plastic grocery bags, because...

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    Lost-Phone Panic Breeds Gadgets to Find Them: Rich Jaroslovsky

    Bloomberg

    Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Is that a flashing “Z” in your pocket, or are you just glad to still have your cell phone? The Z stands for Zomm , a little multipurpose gadget for your pocket, purse or...

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    President Obama, You're Not Fooling All of Us On Immigration

    FOX News

    President Obama thinks that by recently signing a new bill spending $600 million to beef up border enforcement he will look tough on illegal aliens. But decisions such as today's lawsuit by the Justice Department against Maricopa County...

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    Charles Krauthammer: Our distracted commander in chief

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    Washington Post

    Many have charged that President Obama's decision to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan 10 months from now is hampering our war effort. But now it's official. In a stunning statement last week, Marine Corps Commandant James Conway admitted that...

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    Facing down the gang leaders

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    Chicago Tribune

    The Chicago Tribune reported that 303 people were shot in Chicago, not in a year, but in July's 31 days. Gang members pulled the vast majority of those triggers. And that was not a record month. Sadly, it...

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    Eugene Robinson: We're spoiled brats, and we vote

    Washington Post

    According to polls, Americans are in a mood to hold their breath until they turn blue. Voters appear to be so fed up with the Democrats that they're ready to toss them out in favor of the Republicans...

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    Good teachers, good students

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    LA Times

    The role of test scores in evaluating teachers is a prickly and complicated issue, which is why California has been avoiding the conversation for so long. Fortunately, that procrastination is no longer possible after The Times took the...

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    ’Working Girl’ Big Idea Needed for 1990s Redux: Caroline Baum

    Bloomberg

    Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- “The U.S. economy remains almost comatose....The current slump already ranks as the longest period of sustained weakness since the Great Depression....Once- in-a-lifetime dislocations...will take years to work out. Among them: the job drought, the...

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    For Any Soldier Conscientious Objector Status Must Come With Real Consequences

    FOX News

    The idea that one can be a conscientious objector, even in an all volunteer army, is something which should make Americans proud. The fact that the United States military doesn't simply tell Pfc. Naser Abdo that he is...

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