For the first time a candidate could be coming not from the arena of civil rights and protest but from a position that is on an equal footing with the other potential nominees.
The delay and confusion in the president's efforts to devise and announce a new strategy do not inspire a great deal of confidence.
The Bush administration early on decided that Padilla was guilty, but has never been able to say convincingly of what.
The Bush administration would deny it, but the impending Democratic takeover of Congress seems to be already affecting how it does business.
Is the conflict in Iraq a civil war? And: Does it matter? The answers: Yes and no. And: Yes and no.
Richards claims he's not a racist, despite attacking a black heckler, at a comedy club where he was performing with a string of the most inflammatory, demeaning, and vulgar racial slurs.
As the occupation of Iraq all too clearly illustrates, nothing is easier than posturing about how "we" are disarming a tyrant, or fighting terrorism, or whatever this month's justification is for sending someone else into a war zone.
The Bush administration gets to decide on what grounds someone is a terrorist suspect or an enemy combatant.
I spoke no English when I began elementary school, but, like almost all children who are born in this country, my English soon outstripped my abilities in the native Spanish of my parents.
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