Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Thursday, March 22, 2018

From the Archives: Not all terrible acts are perpetrated by terrorists (1996)

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This article originally appeared in the Austin American-Statesman on July 31, 1996. Not all terrible acts are perpetrated by terrorists...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

Guest Post: 5 Laws That Could Send Santa to Federal Prison

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by David Rosenthal While most people know Jolly Old Saint Nick as a friendly figure, he too is not immune from the perils of administrativ...
Monday, August 22, 2016

From the Archives: Stephen Jimenez discusses Matthew Shepard's murder at Virginia book festival

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Publisher's note: This article was originally published on Examiner.com on April 1, 2014. The Examiner.com publishing platform was disc...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

From the Archives: Congressmen Bob Goodlatte and Robert Hurt comment on WDBJ-TV killings

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Publisher's note: This article was originally published on Examiner.com on August 26, 2015. The Examiner.com publishing platform was di...
Friday, February 07, 2014

At start of Sochi Olympics, State Department issues Russia travel warning

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On the same day as the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, the U.S. Department of State distributed a trav...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Busy Snow Day: Indictments and Anti-Discrimination

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Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell While most of the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern states have been pummeled by the season's big...
Sunday, January 05, 2014

Why Is This Crime Not Like the Other?

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In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post published January 3 (and the print editions of January 4), Mark S. Allen of Alexandria ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

My Hate-Crimes Op-Ed in the RTD

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Tuesday morning's readers of the Richmond Times-Dispatch will turn to the op-ed page, as they normally do before checking out sports or...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Israel's 'Tragic Paradox'

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Somehow I missed commenting on the murders and mass assault in a gay youth center in Tel Aviv earlier this month. Israelis have not let the ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Dead End of the Cul-de-Sac?

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Perhaps it was because I live on a cul-de-sac that the article in Sunday's Washington Post caught my eye. After all, it had this subhe...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Update on the Oklahoma Three

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On April 2, I posted some video of citizen activist Paul Jacob , who was being interviewed by WINA-AM radio host Rob Schilling about the ini...
Friday, April 11, 2008

If Romeo and Juliet Had Lived ...

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One of the great stories in Western literature is that of Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers whose family feud led, ultimately, to their ...
Friday, February 15, 2008

Campus Tragedies

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The news media today are focused on the mass murder on the campus of Northern Illinois University, where a former student shot dead five st...
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Thursday, February 07, 2008

Who Is Behind Voter-Suppression Phone Calls?

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This could just be an elaborate practical joke, but voters scattered across Virginia have reported receiving automated telephone calls desig...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

Martyr for Democracy

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Benazir Bhutto was one of the most authentic political leaders I have ever met. Our single meeting lasted only about two hours, but in that ...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Better Late Than Never

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City Councilor Dave Norris has announced his intention to vote against a proposed $300,000 appropriation to install so-called "anti-cri...
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Saturday, July 07, 2007

Point/Counterpoint on Hate Crimes Laws

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Today's Richmond Times-Dispatch features two articles on the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. Dyana Mason of ...
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