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  ‘American Idol’ for Scooter, ‘Charlie Rose’ for Paris

  First, we should give it a new and more contemporary name. “Devil’s Island” is simply too yesterday. We’ll come to the naming question in a moment; first, the rationale. Plainly, we need a special place where we can dump selected miscreants while they serve out their sentences (for some, their paragraphs). These are the sort…

  By Leonard Fein

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  The Doctors’ Plot

  July has been a cruel month for those among us who long for an ebbing of the worldwide tide of violent Muslim extremism. Problems that were bad got worse this month. New and more frightening mutations appeared. And the month isn’t even half over. In Iraq, the four-year-old bloodbath went on despite the best efforts…

  Jul 11, 2007 | 4 min read
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  Ostrich

  “The time has come,” the ostrich said “To bury our collective head “As deeply in the sands of rhymes “As possible in troubled times.” With head in sand our Prexy croaks “I speak the truth , you stupid blokes. “With surge on surge from here to Hell “I am your surgeon general.” “I know just…

  By Gus Tyler Jul 11, 2007 | < 1 min read

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  The Cost of Our War

  The dollar cost of our war in Iraq and Afghanistan comes to $12 billion a month, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. So far, the total cost comes to $610 billion. The cost for Iraq alone is half-a-trillion dollars. If we were to add the cost of human lives, of course, the sum would…

  By Gus Tyler Jul 10, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  How Impeachment Works

  Impeachment is in the air. Usually, it is a process reserved for delinquent presidents. Currently, the “i” word is also being invoked against Vice President Dick Cheney. The popular notion is that “impeachment “ means removal. But it doesn’t. Impeachment is only the first step in a more extended process. Here’s the way the U.S….

  By Gus Tyler Jul 8, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  Let the People Elect the President.

  In a country that has long been dedicated to the ideal of a nation “of the people, by the people and for the people,” our Constitution is so written that the presidential candidate who gets the most votes from the people is not necessarily elected as president. In the election of 2000, Al Gore got…

  By Gus Tyler Jul 5, 2007 | 2 min read
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  A Sonnet for July 4

  Now here’s a word for Independence Day A day our Fathers shook the world around The words they spoke with thunder did resound And still inspire people to this day. They said that when the fateful time is nigh When people wish to break the painful chains That have too long enslaved their brawn and…

  By Gus Tyler Jul 5, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  It’s Blair Versus History

  Upon Tony Blair’s departure from his post as prime minister of the United Kingdom, he was immediately given another assignment. He is charged with the responsibility of straightening out the bellicose situation between Israel and Palestine. A quick glance back at the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict suggests that Blair has been assigned to one…

  By Gus Tyler Jul 3, 2007 | < 1 min read
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  A Fund To Honor Tracey

  My wife Tracey and I loved adventure. We rode motorcycles through Vietnam, sat astride camels in the Sahara Desert and paddled the rapids of Costa Rica’s Pacuare River. Whether it was Morocco, Mexico or points in between, we were always on the go — even at home in Los Angeles. We always enjoyed seeking out…

  By Brad Copeland Jul 3, 2007 | 3 min read
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  Tell Colombia Free Trade Comes at a Price

  Last November, the Bush administration signed a free-trade agreement with Colombia that would give the Andean country access to American markets on favorable terms. In the months since, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe has conducted a high-priced lobbying campaign in Washington to persuade Congress to ratify the deal, officially known as the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion…

  By Kathleen Peratis Jul 3, 2007 | 4 min read
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  Preserve Memory of Shoah By Maintaining Memorials

  On July 4, while we celebrated independence in America, the Polish town of Kielce commemorated the date in a far more somber manner. That a commemoration was even held, however, is cause for some degree of celebration. On July 4, 1946, Kielce was gripped by rumors that the Jews who had just recently returned from…

  By Warren Miller Jul 3, 2007 | 3 min read