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NRA says more guns in schools will protect children
Think of the NRA’s newly proposed National School Shield initiative as a kiddie version of the National Missile Defense program. Star Wars for Schoolyards. A hail of bullets will protect everyone! After the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the...Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Health, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Illegal Immigrants, Religion and Belief
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Seattle judge orders release of two activists held for contempt
SEATTLE—Two activists jailed for refusing to cooperate in a federal grand jury investigation of anarchists in the Pacific Northwest were scheduled to be released from prison Thursday after a judge ruled there was little chance they would change...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Military Interventions, Human Rights, Religion and Belief, FBI
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The problem with David Mamet
Critic's Notebook: The dramatist who used to regularly scorch the stage with complex stories has let his anti-P.C. rage blunt his work. What in the world has happened to David Mamet? The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Glengarry Glen Ross," a modern...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Journalism, Patti LuPone
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Marcy and Zina — with luck, you'll know their names soon
NEW YORK — In the annals of showbiz, the chance encounter between lyricist Marcy Heisler and composer Zina Goldrich 21 years ago may not rank with Rodgers and Hammerstein's first meeting or Lerner linking up with Loewe. But it could prove to be a...
Tags: Julie Andrews, New York University, Entertainment, Long Island, Poetry
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Letters: Michelle Rhee and teaching children
Re "'Radical' educator takes on state's unions," March 27 I've always viewed the policies and philosophy of Michelle Rhee, a former District of Columbia schools chancellor, with some ambivalence. While she's to be commended for her determined efforts at...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Religion and Belief, Michelle Rhee, Same-Sex Marriage, School Examinations
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Florabel Kinsler dies at 83; social worker aided Holocaust survivors
After World War II, social workers typically urged Holocaust survivors to forget their horrific wartime experiences and get on with their lives. That struck Florabel Kinsler as a foolish and impossible order. During a decades-long career, the Los...
Tags: Judaism, California State University, Northridge, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Alcohol Addiction, Religion and Belief
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SFJAZZ plays another bold riff
SAN FRANCISCO — "This is one of my favorite rooms," said SFJAZZ founder and Executive Artistic Director Randall Kline, smiling as he stepped over exposed pipes and dusty planks in the SFJAZZ Center. "Then again, they're all my favorite rooms," he...
Tags: Steve Martin, Ornette Coleman, Religion and Belief, Services and Shopping, Redman
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Jerry Buss' legacy is creating a team all of Los Angeles could love
Jerry Buss was one of the greatest owners in the history of professional sports, the creator of the most entertaining championship teams ever, a fearless pioneer who bonded a giant and disparate city under a brilliant blanket of purple and gold. Yet...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Jerry West, Arts and Culture, Jerry Buss, Magic Johnson
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Brulte will try to revive a lifeless GOP
SACRAMENTO — "There's no place to go but up," asserted Jim Brulte, whose mission is to save the California Republican Party. "We're on the way back." Brulte told me that in 2000 at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. He was the...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Same-Sex Marriage, Parties and Movements, Minority Groups, Elections
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Benedict XVI, the best-dressed pope
I'm a Catholic, but I'll admit it (or should I say "confess" it?): When Pope Benedict XVI announced his pending resignation, my first thought wasn't religious. It was in fact downright superficial. "There goes the best-dressed pontiff ever!" During...
Tags: Madonna, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Nationals Park, Religion and Belief
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I yam what I yam -- but is it art?
One of the biggest problems in our politics is that people don't think for themselves. We let radio and television hosts, pundits and politicians tell us what to believe. And one of the biggest problems in our arts is that people don't enjoy for...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Vin Diesel, Religion and Belief, Arts, Philip Glass
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Meet Percival Everett and 'Percival Everett'
-------------------- Percival Everett by Virgil Russell A Novel By Percival Everett Graywolf Press, 227 pp., $15 paper -------------------- When I read Percival Everett's new book, "Percival Everett by Virgil Russell" — or Percival Everett...
Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, William Styron, Sidney Poitier
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