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Julian Bond writes to DNC chairman Howard Dean, saying the states should be represented at the Democratic convention.
  • No fair.

    In grade school we played four-square a lot, and at the outset of the game we decided which rules we'd use: no backstops, no hardees, etc. If in the middle of the game someone decided that in fact backstops should be used--that she should be awarded the serve based on having scored using the outlawed backstop--we would have laughed her off the playground.