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| A letter from David Weir This column might have been about the political implications of President Bush's proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Or, the attempts by middle-aged newspaper editors to impose restrictions on the first amendment rights of young reporters who oppose the war. Or, the hypocrisy of "human rights" advocates who continue to champion an Native-American activist who is in prison because he murdered a wounded man in cold blood, as he lay helpless on the ground, begging for his life. ...More |
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A letter from William F. Woo There was a sickening story in the papers last week about some vandals who butchered a pet hamster named Marshmallow while trashing a classroom at a middle school in Palo Alto. Reading about it, I thought of Shakespeare's line from "King Lear": As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport. Whether the vandals were kids remains to be seen. But the wantonness of the act -- its senseless and malicious cruelty - is self-evident. The power that a human ... More |
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