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Article: Does a beard make a Baptist a terrorist.(NATION)(PRUDEN ON POLITICS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2002
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Byline: Wesley Pruden, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Bush administration has clearly lost the momentum that seemed irresistible in the wake of September 11, when all ambiguity was blown away on a date that shares infamy.
The prospect of hanging concentrates the mind, as Dr. Johnson famously said, but nothing is permanent. Nothing much has happened since September 11, so a lot of us have stepped down from the gallows and back to the carefree life. Some of the things the government has done - color-coded warnings, streets-closings to make motorcades safe, warnings of suitcase bombs posted from Moscow - have hardly helped.
The lick-and-a-promise ...