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...searches for "John McCain," "Barack Obama" or "Joe Biden" with those for "Sarah Palin," there's no contest. In just two days, the number of U.S. Internet searches for "Sarah Palin" reached a peak greater than any other political personality in the past three years. In the week ending Aug. 30, 2008, searches for Governor Palin were almost four times as popular as Obama searches, eight times as popular as McCain searches and over 10 times more popular than searches for Biden...
Zbigniew Brzezinski certainly knows his subject when it comes to relationships with the Russians [Aug. 25]. I would expect his practical experience to be more useful than the predominantly theoretical knowledge Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice relies on. It is unfortunate that President George W. Bush's actions in Iraq played into the Russians' hands. How can we criticize their aggression and belligerence when the U.S. under Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney acted similarly with respect to Iraq? I hope that Barack Obama and John McCain follow Brzezinski's advice and that NATO and the rest of the international...
Mexico's Cocaine Chaos Drug violence in Mexico is a consequence of the misguided war on drugs and the fact that drugs are illegal in the first place [Aug. 25]. If drugs were legalized, the profit incentive for criminals and the attendant violence would largely disappear. This would also leave the fighting of drug abuse to medical and social-welfare professionals and free law enforcement to deal with real criminals instead of those deemed criminals solely through the idiosyncrasies of the law. Stephen V. Gilmore, CHARLOTTE...
...Measure of the Medalist I am happy for Michael Phelps' success in Beijing [Aug. 25]. But it is not apt to compare Phelps to Mark Spitz and the seven gold medals he earned at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Spitz did not have the advantages of superspeedy pools and lazer-sleek swimsuits. Nor did he wear a streamlined cap to cover his hair. In fact, he swam with a mustache. Spitz won his medals the old-fashioned way. It has taken more than 30 years of technological innovation for anyone to come close to his success. Mark D. Reese, SALT LAKE...
...morning of Aug. 29, just hours after they had been expelled from Government House, riot police armed with shields pushed their way back in. In a tacit acknowledgment that there's no easy solution to this stand-off, Samak, who has rejected the activists' calls to resign, ordered a royal event originally scheduled to take place at Government House the following day to be moved to another venue. Meanwhile, PAD protestors have set up washing lines and police have even trucked in portable toilets in an effort to keep the area clean. The grounds, though, have already been marred...