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...Home Births: Safety FirstRe your article on the trend toward giving birth at home [Aug. 18]: Home-birth advocates are of course correct when they point out that birth is a natural event. But they neglect to articulate its violence and danger. Surely, in this modern age, we want to protect each new-born infant with all means at our disposal? Why return to precarious, primitive ways of giving birth-however well-motivated we might be-when we can rely on a century of accumulated medical and scientific knowledge, technology and experience? Marilyn Hunt, Belair, South Australia...
Pointing Fingers Over Georgia Has Zbigniew Brzezinski [Aug. 25] forgotten that the U.S. invaded Iraq under false pretenses and is still there? Is it so different from the Russian invasion of Georgia? Bernard Saint-Jacques, NORTH VANCOUVER...
Russia and the West May I point out that it was only the refusal of a British general to obey the orders of his nominal superior, American General Wesley Clark, to block Kosovo airport to incoming Russian planes, that ensured that "no shots were fired" [Aug. 25]. Mike Jackson's exact words were "I'm not going to start the Third World War for you." Siegi Mandelbaum, LONDON...
...Miss the Goat I have enjoyed goat dishes for some time but always wondered why goat wasn't more widely available [Aug. 25]. In such a politically correct climate, I salute you for publishing this article. Tony Thomas, ROCHEPORT...
...primary took place Aug. 26, and the most recent vote count had Parnell behind by just 239 votes. A recount is likely but if Parnell loses - and John McCain and Sarah Palin win in November - then he would serve out the remaining two years of Palin's term. If Parnell triumphs, then next in line for the Alaska statehouse is attorney general Talis Colberg, a 2007 Palin appointee...