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It was impossible to ignore the jarring juxtaposition of last weekend's top-of-the-fold datelines

Precious few organizations are currently willing to battle the gun lobby, but the NAACP is bucking that trend. They recently filed suit against 80 gun manufacturers and wholesalers, alleging that due to their indiscriminate distribution practices, African Americans and other minorities are experiencing a disproportionately higher number of deaths and injuries from gun violence, especially among teens. More

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It should come as no surprise that the fall of Saddam Hussein is causing an avalanche of repercussions all around the world. While no one can predict the future, the immediate past is fairly easy to catalog, and Saddam has taken a lot of people down with him. The following folks are, at this very moment, feeling Saddam's pain. More

With the war in Iraq drawing down, President Bush has started a new campaign. He's trying to use his military success to propel a huge and irresponsible tax cut into law. Now it's up to Congress to rediscover its independence and force the president to make significant compromises. More

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It's a long, bumpy road separating a school like Chicago's Langston Hughes Elementary School from an elite college like the University of Michigan. More

There's considerable confusion on public policy issues that would be more intelligently discussed if we would say what is actually meant rather than use euphemistic disguises. More

If anyone wondered if Fidel Castro has mellowed in his old age, the execution of three would-be ferryboat hijackers by firing squad last week should answer the question. More

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To comment on a City Paper story or local issue, send us a typed letter 100 words or less (with zip code and a daytime phone number for verification) to: letters@nashvillecitypaper.com, or Editor, The City Paper, P.O. Box 158434, Nashville, TN 37215. Letters may be edited to fit. There is no guarantee letters received will be printed. More

The newest, perhaps the first, celebrity to emerge from the war is none other than Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, the former Iraqi information minister who brought a unique approach to acting as Saddam Hussein

With the dramatic toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in the middle of Baghdad, the war might as well be over. Was there ever any doubt who was going to win? More

Forgive me for engaging in a little "triumphalism." I'm darn proud of our men and women in uniform. More

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I want to rub it in the antiwar crowd's face so badly. I want to hear the protesters explain why it's a bad thing we released more than 100 children from an Iraqi gulag for underage political prisoners. I want them to talk about how they were fighting for the Iraqi people as the Iraqi people hug and kiss the American forces in Baghdad and greet the human shields with signs reading "Go Home You Wankers." More

America is a level playing field. So, naturally, college admissions policies should never take race into account at all. At least that's what the Bush administration argued in front of the Supreme Court lately. More