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Even though she’s deathly allergic to shellfish, she encouraged me to eat all the lobster I wanted when we were taking a mother-daughter vacation to Maine this past August. On that trip, I convinced her to take a sea-kayaking trip with me. She was anxious about capsizing, getting lost and being pulled out to sea by the riptide. But she swallowed her fears and got in the boat. Now she brags to everyone in sight about her adventure...
...survey, administered in partnership with National Public Radio (NPR) and the Kaiser Family Foundation between May 27 and August 2, showed that the public’s perception of immigrants and immigration is now less negative than it was when earlier post-Sept. 11 polls were conducted...
...recent years embryonic stem cells have been derived from early embryos left over following in-vitro-fertilization (IVF) procedures. President Bush has restricted federal funding to research on cell lines which were derived prior to August 2001; in the President’s words, “where the life and death decision has already been made.” This decision turns a blind eye to the practical reality of IVF procedures, in which left over embryos are discarded every day as part of standard protocols. Thus, if the President is opposed to allowing ‘life...
...other words, could well get bloodier. The Pentagon is rushing to train 200,000 Iraqi troops to take over combat duties by next August, but meanwhile the U.S. military is trapped in a nation-building marathon that the Army is ill prepared to carry out. Among some Americans, the prospect of an open-ended U.S. commitment in Iraq has heightened anxieties that manpower shortages may lead the Pentagon to reinstitute the draft. The heat of the presidential campaign has kept the rumors alive, which may prove costly to George W. Bush...
...even if the Administration succeeds in remaking the military, the failure to bolster troop levels carries grave short-term risks. In August, a classified study requested by Rumsfeld concluded that there are "inadequate total numbers" of U.S. troops to maintain the current pace of operations around the world. Some military experts fear that if a crisis erupted with Iran and North Korea, the U.S. would be unable to credibly threaten the use of force because of its obligations in Iraq and Afghanistan. "We can't respond to another major crisis right now," says retired Army General Barry McCaffrey. "We have...