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Will we give up privacy to bolster security?
Washington, D.C., has become the most watched city in America, and not because of the antics of the White House and Congress.
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Campaign of distortions would have backfired
If you are in a war against terrorism - and, like it or not, Americans are - you cannot afford to rule out any option without giving it a good, long look.
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Washington (hesitantly) puts out welcome mat for...Mike Tyson?
What, one wonders, are they thinking about up in Washington, D.C.?
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor: 02/21/02
Hooray for Mr. Ken Boyer in his letter to the editor Feb. 10 regarding the mangling of the "Star Spangled Banner" by so-called modern singers. I too have been dismayed by their renditions.
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Contributors

Don't forget al-Qaeda
In early December, the Christian Science Monitor reported that Osama bin Laden had escaped from the Tora Bora mountain region and fled to Pakistan. That report was essentially dismissed.
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