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The Export of Democracy
Jefferson's ideas presaged the Bush doctrine.
Islam does incubate terrorism
By Mark Steyn
The Governor Is Still Pumped
A new biography presents Arnold Schwarzenegger as disciplined, focused and optimistic.
by John Fund
The Filtered Future
China's bid to divide the Internet.
By Tim Wu
Discard This Idea
A national I.D. doesn’t make sense.
by John J. Miller
Unstoppable?
The U.S. economy is back on a roll and even the oil question may be on its way to resolution.
by Irwin M. Stelzer
The Art of Pettiness
by Douglas Jones
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Goats Hired to Ease Wildfire Danger
LOS ANGELES - Goats grazing on 12 acres of brush at San Pedro's Peck Park Canyon for the past two weeks should have the wildfire danger eliminated this week.
SF Weekly
Say-It-Ain't-So Joe
Why does Joe Morgan -- the best second baseman in history and a prominent TV broadcaster -- hate Moneyball? And Billy Beane and his Oakland A's? And you, too, if you think the statistical revolution that's overwhelmed Major League Baseball has any
Bishops Riot as Da Vinci Code Film Starts Production
BRUSSELS—In response to Newsweek's publication of portions of the screenplay for the forthcoming Ron Howard-directed film of the Da Vinci Code, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Methodist Bishops from around the world began riots which killed at least sixteen people in major metropolitan areas.
Police clashed with anti-Ron Howard demonstrators in Brussels and London, killing at least three people on Thursday as protests spread over areport about how the film depicts astronaut Tom Hanks rescuing Mary Magdalene from an abusive relationship behind enemy lines in Seattle.
The unrest came a day after riots in the city of Paris left four people dead —the worst anti-Ron Howard protests in France since the death of Jerry Lewis in 2001. Howard's publicist announced at a press conference Wednesday that "These bishops are animals; the film is just a simple story, just a story. Opie is ticked off."
PETA Protests Treatment of Wookies
PRINCETON, N.J.—The animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Wednesday called on federal investigators to shut down public display of the film Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith, accusing its director George Lucas of mistreating Wookies, the shaggy giants used in the filming of the movie.
In making its claims at a news conference, PETA showed a videotape it said was covertly filmed by a staffer working undercover at Lucasfilm Ltd. The 273-page report PETA has given to the U.S. Department of Agriculture depicts frightened Wookies being yanked from their cages and handled roughly by aggressive and often cursing film technicians.
PETA spokeswoman Laura Isrington said, "Despite their savage countenance, Wookies are loyal and trusting—these are sacred tenets of Wookie society." Lucasfilm spokesman Jack Henner noted that Wookie tempers are short, and when angered, "they can fly into a beserker rage and will not stop until the object of their distemper is sufficiently destroyed."
Henner insisted that Lucasfilm Ltd. takes great care of all the galactic species in its charge, and its work with Wookies also helps develop medicines to treat diseases such as cancer, AIDS, and severe hair loss.
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