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When Cleveland turned history on its hingeNO HISTORICAL MOMENT could ever capture in its entirety the promise of American equality. But if you had to choose just one date, you might go with Nov. 7, 1967. It was on that Election Day in Cleveland 40 years ago that Carl B. Stokes , great-grandson of a slave, became the first black mayor of a major American city ... (11/7/07)
A hero in Castro's gulag
AT A White House ceremony tomorrow President Bush will honor eight distinguished men and women with the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the nation's highest civil award. Among the recipients will be the longtime civil rights activist Benjamin Hooks; Harper Lee, author of the much-loved novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird"; and C-SPAN's founder and president, Brian Lamb. (11/4/07)
What can we learn from a 'church' of hate?
BELIEF IN God is no guarantee of goodness. Piety without ethics - religious fanaticism - can be a prescription for great evil, as centuries of religious brutality and bloodshed make all too clear. A millennium ago, Crusaders massacred their victims to the cry of "Deus lo volt!" - "God wills it!" Islamist radicals exclaimed "Allahu Akbar" - "God is great" ... (10/31/07)
Will newspapers survive?
I began working for newspapers 20 years ago this week, when the Boston Herald hired me as an editorial writer, a job I enjoyed for six years before moving to The Boston Globe in 1994. A career in journalism was not something I had ever envisioned: When I was in second grade I announced that I was going to be ... (10/28/07)
Debating the scope of presidential power
"DO WE REALLY want presidents who sign laws that they think are unconstitutional?" It was a debate over the Bush administration's conduct in the war on terrorism. The discussion had turned to the president's heavy reliance on " signing statements " - written interpretations by President Bush of bills he has signed into law, frequently including the claim that one ... (10/24/07)
Criticism gone too far
IN CIVILIZED circles it is considered boorish to speak of Jews as Christ-killers, or to use language evoking the venomous old teaching that Jews are forever cursed for the death of Jesus. Those circles apparently don't include the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, an anti-Israel "peace" organization based in Jerusalem, or its founder, the Anglican cleric Naim Ateek. (10/21/07) |
