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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor (slightly modified)

 

No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Top Defense Officials Seek to End ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ [via Political Wire]

Individuals threatened by terrorism become less trusting of others, even their own neighbors. Other studies have shown that they become less supportive of the rights of Arab and Muslim Americans. In addition, we found that such effects extend to immigrants and, as well, to a group entirely remote from the subject of terrorism: gay Americans. The specter of terrorist threat creates ruptures in our social fabric…

Jennifer Merolla and Elizabeth Zechmeister, Reconsidering Public Reactions to Terrorism [via Bruce Schneier]