LONGITUDES AND ATTITUDES
Exploring the World After September 11
Chapter One
COLUMNS
Before:
December 15, 2000-September 11, 2001
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Medal of Honor
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When Al Gore was in Vietnam he never saw much combat.
Throughout his presidential campaign, though, he insisted
he wanted to "fight" for every American. Well, Wednesday
night, in his concession speech, Mr. Gore took a bullet for the
country.
The shot was fired at the heart of the nation by the five conservative
justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, with their politically inspired
ruling that installed George W. Bush as President. The five justices essentially
said that it was more important that Florida meet its self-imposed
deadline of December 12 for choosing a slate of electors
than for the Florida Supreme Court to try to come up with a fair
and uniform way to ensure that every possible vote in Flor ... read full excerpt from Longitudes and Attitudes ebook
