June 17, 2003 | 16 Rabi al-Akhir 1424 Hijriah
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Flag Amendment Violates 10 Commandments (and Islamic Teachings), Not Just Free Speech
By a lopsided vote of 300 to 125, the House of Representatives has again approved a constitutional amendment that would grant Congress "the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States." The proposed amendment has...
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Dereliction of Duty
Last Thursday a House subcommittee met to finalize next year's homeland security appropriation. The ranking Democrat announced that he would introduce an amendment adding roughly $1 billion for areas like port security and border security that, according to just about...
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what people am I citing?
When I get some free time, like I have this week, I like to indulge in geekery and add new features to my blogs. The latest is the By Cite Archive Index, which arranges my blog entries by what people...
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Tales of Despair From Guantanamo
None of those interviewed complained of physical mistreatment. But the men said that for the first few months, they were kept in small wire-mesh cells, about 6 1/2 feet by 8 feet , in blocks of 10 or 20. The...
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Statement Of Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich On His Resolution Of Inquiry About Weapons Of Mass Destruction
In fact, I have a list of claims that this Administration has made over the past year about evidence they claimed they had of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. But we all know that no weapons have been found. It...
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Cook gives first evidence to Iraq inquiry
Mr Cook called last September's so-called "dodgy dossier" both a "red herring" and a "mistake", saying he had been "taken aback by how thin it was". He continued: "Neither of us [the UK and US spying agencies] had much intelligence...
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Former INS Head Warns of Rights Abuses
President Bush's former immigration commissioner warned yesterday that the administration's increasingly aggressive anti-terror- ism tactics may be shortchanging citizens' rights, in part because of officials' fear of being blamed for another major attack. The former commissioner, James W. Ziglar Sr.,...