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Americans Still Like the Postal Service
A Forced 4-Day Weekend for Many Feds
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AUTHOR ARCHIVES
Homeland Security chief looks back, and forward
March 17, 2008 In his three years as secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff has weathered relentless congressional criticism, the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005, and a failed bid for immigration reform. But he is upbeat about his department, the shape in which he leaves it, and the future of border security. In ...
Iraq and beyond
April 8, 2003 There is no shortage of second-guessing about the war in Iraq, and no shortage of causes for concern. While the conduct of our military ensures eventual victory and should make us proud, the hope of a relatively painless liberation, with grateful Iraqis dancing in the streets almost from day one, ...
Beyond Iraq
September 17, 2002 I do not know what we should do about Iraq. But to reach the right answer, we should focus on the right question: What approach seems the best bet to reduce the very large risk that a thermonuclear explosion-whether engineered by Iraq, al Qaeda, or someone else-will obliterate Washington, New ...
Uncivilized
April 16, 2002 A fundamental principle of international law and morality is that the deliberate murder of civilians is always wrong. In war, it is a war crime. In peace, it is terrorism. No matter the justice of the underlying cause, no end can ever justify that means. This principle unites civilized people ...
Marines' martial arts training aims to make the tough tougher
January 4, 2002 QUANTICO, Va.--Capt. Louis E. Isabelle is in the ring, pounding furiously at Staff Sgt. Clive D. Mitchell. Fending off most of the blows with his heavy gloves, the sergeant gives as good as he gets. A few feet away, about 10 other members of Isabelle's "team" shout out repetitions as ...
