The failings of Arab profiling
Y'know what? I'm beginning to believe those three Muslim medical students. You know which Muslim medical students I'm talking about. Kambiz Butt, Omer Choudhary and Ayman Gheith, all third-year medical...
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Haven’t we been duped once before?
"Dad, why was President Bush speaking to the United Nations?" Oh, you've been watching the news again? What happened to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? "The news is scarier." I know...
Drug war hits home for Bush brothers
Late-night comedians have the drug hungers of Noelle Bush, daughter of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and niece of the nation's president, George W. Bush, to kick around some more. But...
Foil Castro’s Cuba with free trade
Next to Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro is not looking so bad these days. Not on Capitol Hill, anyway. Suddenly the loosening of Cuba travel and trade...
The myth of `superweed’
The nation's drug czar is annoyed again. This time it is with me. Without mentioning me by name, a guest column by John P. Walters, director of the Office of...
1 year later: A more serious USA
What's changed since Sept. 11, besides the infamous meaning we now hear in that number? Everybody seems to be asking that question these days. First, let's talk about what has...
When prisons lure more than colleges
Here's a late-summer news item that made me feel about as sick as a crow with West Nile virus: There are now more black men behind bars in America than...
Reparations movement gaining cult status
It appears to be all over but the shouting, even if some of the shouting has become louder and, in some cases, silly. A recent rally on the National Mall...
A new rift in an old ethnic divide unfolds
When Georgia state Rep. Billy McKinney was asked why a nice political novice was doing so well against his daughter, Cynthia McKinney, a five-term incumbent, for Georgia's 4th Congressional District,...
Here’s a diet tip: Eat less
At last, a lawsuit for the rest of us. If you are one of those unfortunate Americans who has never been part of a class-action suit against somebody with a...