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...Bono, who's chummy with conservative Sen. Jesse Helms, isn't the only rock star who's schmoozing with Washington's powerful to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Elton John is now pushing the cause with the town's most powerful liberal, Sen. Edward Kennedy. Sir Elton is appearing for the first time before Congress this Thursday, testifying at Kennedy's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on the need for more U.S. money in the worldwide battle against the disease. The British rocker has as many credentials on the issue as Bono; the Elton John Foundation has raised...
Sixty years ago, when I was 8 years old, many schools in Holland collected money for the starving children in Africa. Not much has changed. Will the money Bono collects bring democracy and accountability to Africa? Let's hope Bono is the right man to make the changes that are so desperately needed. TRUUS VAN GINHOVEN Piedmont, Quebec...
Congratulations for the cover report on Bono's crusade for African debt relief and the continent's recovery [March 4]. Bono may not save the world, but his efforts are worthwhile. While we spend billions on warfare, people are dying of famine. It is time to value life. LUIZ VALERIO DE PAULA TRINDADE Sao Paulo, Brazil...
...coping with bioterrorism, entitled "When Every Moment Counts: What You Need to Know About Bioterrorism from the Senate's Only Doctor" (Rowman & Littlefield). Curiously, the one-page ad in this week's PW neglects to say when the book, which is blurbed by everyone from Sen. Edward Kennedy to Bono, is actually coming out. Also, there is no indication whether or not the proceeds are being given to charity. But diet doc Dean Ornish sure likes it: "If you buy only one book this year, this should be it." The book comes with photographs of various symptoms...
...easy it is for a windbag celebrity, who pays no price for being wrong, to throw his fame around and make grand pronouncements," criticized a reader from Georgia. "The court jester may attend important meetings," wrote a Floridian, "but he is still just a clown." Suggested a Louisianian: "If Bono wants to help the poor, he should start by selling his expensive sunglasses and wristwatch. Mother Teresa he's not." And a Minnesotan was downright caustic: "Can Bono save the world? Sure, when Cher cures cancer and Britney Spears has a plan for peace in the Middle East." Ouch...