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Americans not war-weary, but are ‘war-wary’

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama and supporters of an American strike on Syria have characterized negative American public opinion as “war-weariness.”  They are trying to overcome it with exhortations about America’s special responsibility, or America’s credibility, or the president’s credibility, or the terribleness of the fighting there.  The public isn’t buying it,

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MLK would not be happy with his legendary status

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — It was a wonderful passage through the 50th anniversary of The Dream, replete with truly credentialed achievements, a variety of historical revelations, and a share of significant embellishments. The latter grouping included the beatification of Martin Luther King Jr.—a real person who had only some relationship with the

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