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If religions can have limits, why can't gun owners?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsI got a lot of feedback on my Sunday column/letter to the NRA, but in the spirit of the season I figured I'd wait until after the holidays to fire back. At the end of the column, I rhetorically asked,......Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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Religion creates tough challenge for couple
Dear Amy: I am atheist. My family is nonreligious. I have never felt an empty void due to lack of believing in a higher being, nor have I ever felt the need to seek something greater in which to believe. I have happily settled on the philosophy of...
Tags: Islam, Religion and Belief
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Daley settles (not entirely) into life as a regular Chicagoan
He still gets up early. He could sleep in. He no longer has a big staff to deploy. No public crises nipping at his mind and time. He lives alone. He gets up at 6 anyway, and sets off to the gym before breakfast. He likes it there, feels safe in the...
Tags: Politics, Finance, Business Enterprises, Economy, Business and Finance, Human Rights
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Ghazala Salam: Judge Muslims on actions, don't demonize them all
A certain routine seems to have emerged in our nation since 9-11 in which Muslims constantly seem compelled to make clear they denounce violence, and yet I am often asked why more Muslims do not speak out against terrorism. My answer is "we do." However,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Islam, Sports, Minority Groups
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Urban Surveillance Raises Civil Liberties Concerns In Wake Of Boston Bombings
The Hartford CourantIt's clear that cities are moving headlong into not just widespread video surveillance, but also some very sophisticated forms of monitoring and artificial intelligence to manage all those images, as I wrote in a column Monday. The Boston Marathon...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Sports, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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With faith and hope, Turkey builds a new identity
The kind and gracious man has many visitors waiting and piles of paperwork on his desk that require his attention, as his is a working office and ministering to millions across the world takes up so much of his time. But he met with me because he had a...
Tags: Christianity, Politics, Islam, Government, NATO
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The terror of not knowing
WASHINGTON -- As the manhunt for the Boston bombers reached its climactic conclusion, Americans of all hues and backgrounds heaved a sigh of relief. Thank goodness it wasn't … fill in the blank: A white Christian from the South; A dark-...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Jihad, Islam, Gainesville
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State's budget fakery takes a toll on charter schools
The CHIME Institute charter school of Woodland Hills would be hard pressed to make ends meet without the help of a program sponsored by the Local Initiatives Support Corp., a New York nonprofit active in underprivileged communities across the nation. So...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Personal Income, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, California State University, Northridge
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An odd push to privatize marriage
Should government get out of the business of defining marriage? That's not a new question. But as conservatives appear to be losing ground in the same-sex marriage debate, some are showing new interest in changing the rules. Wisconsin's Republican Gov....
Tags: Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, Church and State Relations, Social Issues, Religion and Belief
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We can choose the Dead Sea or the living well
If we were to travel west out of Jerusalem we would soon find ourselves going down out of the Judean hills. Reaching the bottomlands we would be in the Jordan Valley. The air would be very hot and sticky. The ground would be baked, dry to the point of...Tags: Grateful Dead (music group), Religion and Belief
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Religion poisons political discussions
Religion is at war with the state in America. Zealously, sectarian organizations have breached our historic separation between church and state, upsetting the delicate balance that is a founding, constitutional principle of the nation. And, for too...Tags: Christianity, Politics, Science and Technology, Same-Sex Marriage, Elections
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There's a lot to learn from the names of schools
Time for a Chicago history quiz. 1. Who was Ignance (also known as Ignacy) Paderewski? a. A Polish pianist b. The second prime minister of the Republic of Poland c. The namesake of a school on the list of 54 Chicago public schools set to be closed...
Tags: Jesse Owens, Charter Schools, Little Village, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Public Schools
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