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...Weisskopf chose the heart of the battle zone to profile the armed forces. Anyone who has read Weisskopf's story should be able to appreciate the heroism of our armed forces and veterans. Phillip L. Elbaum Deerfield, Illinois, U.S. I wept when I read Weisskopf's searing and sensitive account of losing his hand in Iraq. In coming to terms with his loss, he realized that he had actually won a prize: the rest of his life. But his story revealed that he won more than that. By summoning the courage to undergo painful introspection after his injury, Michael Weisskopf...
...fear that the Foley scandal might keep Evangelicals away from the polls in November, here comes another challenge--in hardcover format. A new memoir by David Kuo, former second-in-command of President Bush's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, has the White House on the defensive with its account of an Administration that mocked Evangelicals in private while using them at election time to bolster its support. In this exclusive adaptation from the book, Kuo writes about how his White House experiences left him disillusioned about the role religion can play in politics...
Smiley, whose federal sentence begins Jan. 4, will serve his two sentences concurrently. His attorney, Richard Reeve, said that Smiley would likely spend a total of three years in prison on account of good behavior. Smiley’s federal sentence includes $2 million in restitution...
...would venture to guess that Gloria Steinem has never read Thucydides. She and her ideological sisters at Ms. Magazine seem to have overlooked some particularly sound advice in the Athenian admiral’s account of Pericles’ “Funeral Oration.” In his speech, Pericles suggests that “not to be talked about for good or evil among men” is a woman’s “great glory.” His concern is not the limitation or restriction of women and their actions, but rather their ennoblement...
...proposed measures like using a facemask and the quarantine of those who are contagious, according to the CDC website. But others say that there is no evidence for the efficacy of these hygiene tips on containing the spread of the pandemic virus. More preparation needs to be done to account for the possibility of the flu pandemic, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota Michael T. Osterholm wrote in an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine. “Each year, despite our efforts to increase the rates of influenza...