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Walter Williams loved teaching. Unlike too many other teachers today, he made it a point never to impose his opinions on his students. Those who read his syndicated newspaper columns know that he expressed his opinions boldly and unequivocally there. But not in the classroom.
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I always thought no one -- including Israel -- could pull off something as incredible as the July 4, 1976, raid on Entebbe, Uganda. To remind readers what happened that day: A week earlier, on June 27, two Palestinian and two German terrorists hijacked an Air France Tel Aviv to Paris flight with 248 passengers on board, which they diverted to Entebbe Airport in Uganda. At the airport, the hijackers and four additional terrorists, aided by Uganda’s Idi Amin regime, held the Israeli and other Jews, and allowed the 148 non-Jewish passengers to fly on to Paris. The terrorists announced that unless 53 Palestinian prisoners -- 40 in Israel and 13 elsewhere -- were released, the kidnapped Jews (and the Air France crew, all of whom heroically remained with the Jewish passengers) would be killed.
Read moreJames is a leader in government, academia and the conservative movement.
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Wicked men are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm. - Proverbs 12:7
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A message from her son’s teacherbrought tears to LaKesha’s eyes. But this time, the tears were those of joy. The teacher told LaKesha that her son, Kaleb, was now receiving As and Bs in school.
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We get letters, which we always appreciate but don’t always respond to as quickly as we should.
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Those eye issues were not nearly as challenging as the coronavirus experience local businessman Brian Walter underwent recently. He explained it in the following email:
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When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not. Now that I’m a senior citizen I can’t remember things I didn’t know I’d forgotten. As a writer I often have ideas for a column and in the past they were etched into my photographic memory and I could remember them days later, but now if I don’t write them down immediately the film never gets developed. I don’t even have the memory of a goldfish which is three seconds. I’m so concerned about my memory loss that I made an appointment to talk about it with my doctor but by the time I got face to face with him I forgot what I was there for.
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