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For the first time in two or three weeks, today's The Washington Post (also known as That Liberal Rag by some people around here) had no editorials on the planned Muslim community center in New York. No editorials for it and no editorials against it. Hopefully, it'll be a permanent break, but I doubt it somehow.

And my opinion on the whole thing since you didn't ask? Well, I absolutely believe they have the right to build a community center (that, yes, will include a mosque) wherever they'd like as long as they adhere to local and state building codes or what-have-you. Is it wise for them (the Cordoba Institute) to build it somewhat close to Ground Zero? Well, that I'm not so sure about.

It's not that I'm advocating backing down in the face of religious intolerance--it's just that I'm not so sure that the Cordoba Institute's desire to help promote healing and mend fences between Muslims and non-Muslims through the proposed community center won't backfire.

In the end, will they able to foster unity if it gets built? That remains to be seen, I guess, but I sure hope so.