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A 'Toronto 18' Ringleader's Quest for 'Redemption'

Nearly 2 Decades Later,
a 'Repentant Terrorist'

LONGFORM

Jan 19, 2025 9:01 AM CST

Nearly 2 Decades Later, a 'Repentant Terrorist'

The Walrus profiles how 'Toronto 18' terror plotter Zakaria Amara shifted his extremist views over time

(Newser) - When Michelle Shephard, a former reporter for the Toronto Star, received an email in late 2023 from Zakaria Amara, she knew exactly who he was: one of the ringleaders for the "Toronto 18," a group of Muslim men and youth who were arrested for a 2006 terror plot...

White House: Obama 'Condemns' Vick's Crime

Dec 28, 2010 6:12 AM CST

White House: Obama 'Condemns' Vick's Crime

But he believes in second chance for those who've 'paid for' crimes

(Newser) - Yes, President Obama did applaud the Philadelphia Eagles’ owner for giving Michael Vick a chance—but the White House is soothing any ruffled feathers by clarifying that he “condemns” the quarterback’s crimes, a spokesman tells the Huffington Post . Obama “does think that individuals who have paid for...

Obama: Good for
Eagles for Taking Vick

Dec 27, 2010 4:29 PM CST

Obama: Good for Eagles for Taking Vick

President calls Philly's owner to chat

(Newser) - Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie got some pretty high praise the other day for taking a chance on Michael Vick: None other than President Obama called to thank him. "He said, 'So many people who serve time never get a fair second chance,'" Lurie tells the Washington Post...

Assessing John Edwards'
Comeback Chances

ASK THE SPIN DOCTORS

Feb 7, 2010 9:59 AM CST

Assessing John Edwards' Comeback Chances

Atlantic polls image-makers on how to repair the damage

(Newser) - John Edwards’ public image hit new lows the past week, but the likes Richard Nixon, Eliot Spitzer, and Michael Milken have made successful comebacks, the Atlantic notes, in polling political spin doctors about Edwards’ comeback chances:

Bob Shrum: "The reality is so contrary to the image that he projected,

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Please, No Oscar for
'Manipulative' Reader

OPINION

Feb 9, 2009 1:03 PM CST

Please, No Oscar for 'Manipulative' Reader

(Newser) - The Reader is an “incoherent, exculpatory film” that offers false redemption for "ordinary Germans" involved in the Holocaust through a tired trope and far too much nudity, Ron Rosenbaum writes in Slate. The industry has already erred deeply by nominating the film and Kate Winslet’s performance for...