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...torture. If we wish to preserve our values and our reputation abroad, unambiguous statements are needed. Thankfully, Senate Judiciary Committee Charman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and other prominent Democrats have vowed to stall Mukasey’s confirmation until he clearly his expresses his opposition to waterboarding. We applaud this decision and hope that our next Attorney General can improve on the dubious human rights record of his predecessor, who once famously characterized the Geneva Convention as “quaint.” Furthermore, presidential candidates should openly condemn waterboarding and all other forms of torture. All Democratic candidates...
...While I applaud gm for going hybrid, i question the wisdom of debuting the technology in an SUV. Twenty miles per gallon (12 liters/100 km) is nothing to brag about, regardless of vehicle size. I get 32 m.p.g. driving a Chevy Malibu in rural Vermont. By putting hybrid power in an SUV, GM shows it still doesn't quite get the idea. George Simpson, Pittsfield, Vermont...
...DOLLARS AT WORK Giving new meaning to the term Bible study, Alabama has become the first state to approve a state-funded textbook for nondevotional Bible instruction. The state school board recently included The Bible and Its Influence (a text some civil libertarians actually applaud for steering clear of church-state violation) on its approved list of texts. The book could be in Alabama schools starting August...
...pray when they reach Sule Pagoda. Then they're off again, coursing through the city streets in a solid stream of red and orange, like blood vessels giving life to an oxygen-starved body. Their effect on Rangoon's residents is electrifying. At first, only a few brave onlookers applaud. Others clasp their hands together in respectful prayer or quietly weep. Then, as people grow bolder, the monks are joined by tens of thousands of Burmese, some chanting their own mantra, in English: "Democracy! Democracy...
...word, but it is the responsibility of the propagators of such inequities—not the objects—to correct them. And as long as these problems exist, one might as well milk them. Sports fans, instead of buying into the stigmas attached to attractive athletes, should applaud those who have seized their opportunities. And the same goes for the working world. This is not to say women don’t have the talent to be at the top—that would be a ludicrous assertion. But many tend to gripe about this or that women getting...