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Guest essay: The Comments of Pope Benedict XVI Note: This is the first piece we’ve ever published that wasn’t written by Lee Gruenfeld. The writer is Roland S. Martin of Creators

The Mexican Wall You know that wall along our southern border that a lot of Americans want to build to keep Mexicans out? If you’re one of those who wants

Jerry Falwell: The Terrorists Were Right After 9/11, Osama bin Ladn claimed that God had ordained the attacks, America being a hothouse of immorality and sin. All of us in

Why Computers Will Never Pass the Turing Test What’s happening when we talk is that my words trigger in you memories of sensations and experiences that you have sensed and

Criminal Immigrants People who oppose immigration — people like Lou Dobbs of CNN — insist on using the adjective “illegal” whenever the word “immigrants” is used. I guess this is

Nuclear Strategy Those of you who have been following the stories about Iran’s nuclear program might find yourselves confused about where you come down on the issue. Me, too. Very

20/20 Retrospective Hindsight Monday Morning Quarterbacking This is a piece about avian flu. I’ll get to it in a second. We’re living in an interesting time. I don’t mean that

Censuring the President One of the things I try to do in these little essays is stay focused. I usually have one point to make, and try to make it

Civil Rights & Terrorism I get a lot of e-mails from people with political opinions. Some of these are very thoughtful and considered, some are foam-at-the-mouth rants, some are logically