Category: Opinions

DreamWorks puts new spin on Moses tale

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A song in the animated film about Moses from the DreamWorks studio is called Playing with the Big Boys, a title that may prophetic for the epic’s mastermind, Jeffrey Katzenberg. His $100 million (£60 million) biblical story from Exodus, The Prince of Egypt, opens tonight…

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The Latest War on Terrorism

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The declaration of the Bush administration to wage open-ended “war” against international terrorism will have definite implications for dissent at home. They estimate the campaign will last five to ten years. In wartime, the US government has always used fear to expand its powers and…

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Do Immigrants Have First Amendment Rights?

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Revisiting the Los Angeles Eight Case by Jeanne A. Butterfield published in MER212 “War on Terrorism Hits LA,” the headline of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner screamed on January 27, 1987. The Los Angeles Eight, as the seven Palestinians and a Kenyan came to be known, are still fighting...
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The Forgotten Government Plan to Round Up Muslims

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In the early morning hours of January 26, 1987, federal agents across Los Angeles charged into the homes of seven men and one woman and led them away in handcuffs. More than 100 law enforcement officers—city, state and federal—were involved. “War on Terrorism Hits LA,”...
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Constitutional Doubt

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Does the Constitution apply to immigrants?  On February 24, 1999, the United States Supreme Court seemed to say that it did not.  Whether wholly, or only in certain circumstances remains to be seen.  In its most immediate impact, Reno v. American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee…

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