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Vol XXXV No. 30

Monday, October 8, 2001

  Commentaries

Fools on the left, jokers on the right
Scott Flipse
Pro Bono

I went to a peace rally last weekend. I left convinced that for the present crisis the anti-capitalist left and the religious right are utterly irrelevant. The rally was held on a beautiful autumn day in Washington, D.C. Given the setting, ... [more]
Quote of the Day
G.K. Chesterton
writer

"`My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, `My mother, drunk or sober.'" G.K. Chesterton writer ... [more]
I'm in a New York state of mind
Mike Marchand
Undistinguished Alumnus

I didn't want to write about the Sept. 11 attacks again. A lot of people have told me I shouldn't. After all, we're supposed to get about the business of the country again. We have to move on. And there is ... [more]
We must remember the innocent people of Afghanistan
Scott Strand
Brown Daily Herald

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Three weeks later, and yep, terrorists still blew up the World Trade Center. I know it, you know it and I'm not going to pretend there's another topic in my mind that I think is worth talking about right ... [more]


Inside Column
Minestrone Fritos
Tom Haight
Assistant Ad Design Manager

Minestrone Fritos The other night I was perusing the forum at SFM — the building formerly known as SDH — when I spotted a batch of Fritos sitting inconspicuously at the end of the soup island. Naturally thinking "chili Fritos!" I ... [more]


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