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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, November 14, 2024

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Lafayette, We Are Embarrassed

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BY FROMA HARROP Thirty-six American cities and towns are named after the Marquis de Lafayette – the best-known being Fayetteville, NC, and Lafayette, LA. Countless streets, parks and counties also honor the French aristocrat who left his country at age 19 to enlist with George Washington in the American Revolution. [There’s also Lafayette College in […]

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Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.