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...Morgan and Brian Wright O'Connor, managing editor of the Bay State Banner, a Boston weekly, said that the media's focus on the Stuart case is representative of a larger trend of exploiting stereotypes of Blacks instead of covering other serious issues in the Black community...
...anthem runs deep in American life, a fixture wherever fireworks explode or a ball is tossed. Although Congress did not make the Banner the nation's official anthem until 1931, the military began playing it at ceremonies as far back as 1898. It made its major league baseball debut in Chicago during the 1918 World Series, when the band struck it up for no apparent reason and Babe Ruth and the crowd stood at attention. Now it is played before everything from Pee Wee hockey to the Super Bowl...
Like democracy, the Banner looks best when compared with its alternatives. "Amber waves of grain" may be more peaceable than "bombs bursting in air," but America, the Beautiful lacks drama. My Country 'Tis of Thee was stolen, note for note, from the British national anthem, God Save the Queen. And God Bless America has obvious problems with the separation of church and state, but it has de facto status as the anthem of the Philadelphia Flyers, who won the Stanley Cup in 1974 after Kate Smith inspired them with the ode to the land that she loved. Still trotted...
...winning were everything, God Bless America might carry the day. Anyone can belt out a respectable version. America, the Beautiful is not much challenge either. But Americans have been gamely trying to master The Star- Spangled Banner without quite overcoming it for 175 years. In a world that changes every day, that's worth more than lovable lyrics and a manageable melody...
...carriers and soldiers? Experts think the U.S. could pare down to a smaller, faster military without sacrificing security. Three scenarios for deeper cuts. -- The peace dividend is not as big as it looks. -- A State of the Union speech with Democratic rhetoric and a Republican budget. -- The Star-Spangled Banner is hard to sing; its words are hard to remember. Should the anthem be replaced...