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Relevant portion: But faced with a threat, the sprawling community is pulling together as tightly as an ionic bond. Over time, it’s grown into more than just a march — there are also “Teach-Ins,” science fairs and Earth Day festivals in places ranging from NASCAR-loving Martinsville, Virginia, to an expedition ship in frozen Antarctica.

We don't know whether the latest and much-discussed Osama bin Laden tape was recorded recently. But the harangue is still a valuable reflection of the current Al-Qaida hierarchy that broadcast it to the world. First, things must be going very badly for the terrorists to propose a cease-fire: ``We don't mind offering you a long-term truce.'' In truth, the winning side does not ask for a reprieve. Losing autocrats -- whether the officers of the German army in the summer of 1918 or Hitler's cadre in the spring of 1945 -- always ``don't mind'' sending out peace feelers in the...

<p>Heather Mocabee can recall seeing her father's Purple Heart in a trunk of momentos from his Navy days in Vietnam...</p> <p>In an election season in which the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have been circulating untruths about candidate John Kerry, Heather talks about her own quest for the truth...</p>

<p>CALL me a sucker, but I believe that most of the ways the state spends the taxes I send it are worthwhile.</p> <p>The state educates people (half the general fund), provides income and health care to poor people (a quarter), locks up bad guys, supports local government and provides parks. The rest of what it does accounts for just a few pennies on the dollar.</p>