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Scandal at jail another symptom of war on drugs
Let me start with this: If not for the absurd war on drugs — by far, the nation's longest war — we would not have had so many killings on the streets of Baltimore over the years. The United States leads the world in incarceration. Without the...
Tags: Jihad, Heroin, Drug Trafficking, Black Guerrilla Family, War Crimes
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U.S. should speed Afghan pullout
From media accounts, the war in Afghanistan has hit a disturbing snag which was precipitated by President Hamid Karzai's recent remarks following the U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's visit, when he accused the Taliban terrorists and America of being...
Tags: Barack Obama, Armed Forces, Hamid Karzai, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Afghanistan
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Middle East mess was born in the U.S.A.
Titillation over David Petraeus and political posturing over Susan Rice aside, here is the most important unasked question: Why did we foster regime change in Libya and Egypt that gave the Muslim Brotherhood control in the latter and produced a gaggle...
Tags: Jihad, Ruhollah Khomeini, Wars and Interventions, Iraq War (2003-2011), Bahraini Protests (2011)
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Pakistan coming apart at the seams
Distracted by the deadly violence in Mali and Algeria, no one seems to be paying adequate attention to the tragicomedy under way in Pakistan. This matters because recent events demonstrate without equivocation that Pakistan is an utterly failed state --...
Tags: National Government, Entertainment Events, Wars and Interventions, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Islam
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday
WEATHER: Sunny, with sub-freezing wind chill and gusts up to 20-25 mph. TRAFFIC: Check our traffic updates for this morning's issues. TOP NEWS Flu season arrives early, hits harder than usual: Area hospitals are coping with a surge of patients with...
Tags: Al Jazeera (tv network), Roger Goodell, Current TV (tv network), Hospitals and Clinics, National Football League
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Add Malala Yousafzai to list of those who fought for truth
"Truth crushed to earth will rise again." -- Martin Luther King Jr. (quoting William Cullen Bryant) Sometimes, oceans are not enough. Usually, the fact that we are barricaded on both sides by great bodies of water gives us in this country a certain...
Tags: The Miami Herald, Emergency Health Procedures, Martin Luther King Jr., Islam, Nazi Party
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Generals' indiscretions have real consequences for U.S. policy
Gens. John Allen and David Petraeus have been stupid in their misuse of technology, for a flirtation in the case of the former and an affair in the case of the latter ("Pieces of a puzzle," Nov. 14). As philanderers, these two men are abject failures, and...Tags: John Allen, Armed Conflicts, National Government, Robert Bales, Armed Forces
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Meghan Daum: Madonna's tone-deaf tattoo
There goes Madonna, classing up the joint again. To show her support of Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban because of her advocacy for girls' education, the Material Girl (a.k.a. Madge, Esther,...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Injuries and Wounds, Malala Yousafzai, Barack Obama, Meghan Daum
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It's the Taliban who blaspheme
As a female doctor from Pakistan, I am disgusted by the assassination attempt against 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani blogger and women's rights activist ("Outspoken teen shot," Oct. 10). In my view, this attack was actually directed at the...Tags: Pakistan, Feminism
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Malala the heroine
A week after Malala Yousafzai was shot and gravely wounded by Taliban militants for insisting on the right of girls to get an education, the 14-year-old blogger and Internet activist has become a worldwide symbol of resistance to the extremist views of...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Injuries and Wounds, Pakistan, Feminism, Karachi (Pakistan)
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Pakistani teen spoke against injustice
As a Muslim, I am appalled by the Taliban's recent attack on the Pakistani teenager Malala Yousefzai, a blogger and female education rights activist ("Outspoken teen shot," Oct. 10). Islam is not only opposed to such senseless violence but obligates...Tags: Islam
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The stakes in Syria
Both GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and former governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. appear to be totally ignorant of the complexities of the Middle East in the 21st century, and, indeed, of U.S. history in general ("The Obama doctrine: Passivity where...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Republican Party, Rebellions, Elections, Israel
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