It should be combated even if one's own kith and kin, national group, capital and commerce are to be found there.

ECONOMIST: In the name of Islam

Nor to the Soviet Empire that we faced down patiently over half a century, nor to the great British Empire from which we broke free in a long and taxing struggle that affords a better picture of our kith and kin than any the world may have today of who we are and of what we are capable.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: On the War We Are Now In

The statement Senator Durbin made last week gave at least as much offense to victims of past systematic and violent wrongdoing - to Jews and others who lost some six-million loved ones to Hitler's gas chambers and death camps, to those whose kith and kin were among the 20 or so million exterminated by Soviet Communism and to those subjected to Pol Pot's murderous terror.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Dustbin Durbin