"We have a love for Etna but also a hate because it is both dangerous and a beautiful mountain, " Consoli Snr. told CNN.

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For those of us in this business who have been fired or threatened or pilloried with hate mail for something we've written, it's easy to feel proud of the folks at the Chicago Tribune for holding Blagojevich accountable and doing it so ably that they went from covering the story to being part of it.

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In the most recent year for which we have data, the FBI reported roughly 7, 600 hate crimes in this country.

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Hate crimes are an unconscionable reminder that we have not yet achieved the ideal of equal justice for all.

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