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Thanks so much for addressing the vaccination scare stories. My great-uncle died at the age of 18 months from polio. In the 1950s, my aunt died of polio, just as the vaccine was being released. Today children are dying in places where immunization has not yet wiped out the disease. People who don't inoculate their kids should ask their parents what life was like before vaccines. Many can still remember a time when children died in much greater numbers than they do now. Bruce Prickett, FREMONT, CALIF...
...born in 1953 and I got my polio shots when I was age 4, and I am thankful as there were still cases of the disease in Europe at that time. But I am against giving babies vaccines against everything. I've had measles, whooping cough, rubella and chicken pox. I survived them all. Vaccinations should be kept to the minimum, so that the body can respond to ailments in the natural way. Roberta Fischer Malara, VARESE, ITALY...
...steel plants that once defined Pittsburgh. Palmer and Skaff wanted best-in-class manufacturing; for robotic toys, that means China. But Skaff says Bossa Nova is by no means constrained by child's play. He sees a company that can grow with its customers. "As the children age, they will be familiar with our toys," he says. "We will introduce robots that accompany them in their lifestyles." In other words, personal robots, born in Pittsburgh...
...mother took my sister and me to church every Sunday so we could “make an informed decision” about our own religious views when we were “old enough to choose,” I would someday be glad she did. At that age, church was simply an obstacle to playing video games and doing what I wanted to all weekend long, and I still remember the fights we had, come Sunday morning, about whether we really...
Indeed, such understanding is of critical importance today. Although much ink has been spilled about today’s “secular age,” religion remains extremely relevant. The large majority of people are still spiritual in some way—only four percent of Americans define themselves as atheist or agnostic. However, the number of people unaffiliated with any faith, especially among young Americans, is growing. This trend poses the danger of creating a new generation that will grow up outside of any sort of religious tradition altogether, making it harder for them to come...