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...divisions are immediately apparent in the index of The Asia Book-the latest pictorial tome from Lonely Planet. Transcontinental nations like Turkey and Russia (whose eastern extremities stretch to the same longitudes as Japan) are seen as European in orientation, but places like Israel and Syria, which shares a border with Turkey, somehow make the cut. So do 41 other countries, grouped into five regions: Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and Himalayas, and the Middle East...
...before the June 5 Republican debate, Senator John McCain tried to preempt the coming criticism. He knew he would spend the debate flanked by nine candidates waiting to rip into the Senate compromise bill he helped write, which calls for a salve of legalization, border security and guest-worker programs. So in a Miami speech on June 4, he sought to distance himself from the "a" word. "Critics of the bill attack this as amnesty," he said. "[But] we impose fines, fees and other requirements as punishment." The bill, he said, is not amnesty...
...educational standard of Core classes. With no competition from departmental courses, which are not permitted to count for credit, many Core classes have been allowed to become irrelevant—like Science B-57, “Dinosaurs And Their Relatives”—while others border on the obscure—for instance, Literature and Arts B-48, “Chinese Imaginary Space.” The welcome exceptions to this rule—such as Moral Reasoning 22, “Justice”—have unsurprisingly swelled in class size.We cannot...
...this Senate bill passes, I recommend that American citizens assemble at the southern border bearing arms. What do you say? -Richard D. Coburn, DenverAssembling on the border is a fine idea. Guns are probably not necessary because, as the Minutemen were able to show, you can accomplish the same goal-reducing the flow of illegals-with cell phones, binoculars and lawn chairs...
...illegal immigrants, mostly starving Mexicans, Guatemalans and Salvadorenians, of "terrorism"? -Oscar Galvan Lopez, Avondale, Ariz.I don't know that I've ever heard that kind of accusation. I have certainly never said that illegal immigrants from Mexico are in away way suspects of terrorist activities. But security at the border is a national security issue. It has nothing to do with trying to stop a particular ethnic group. It has everything to do with trying to control the flow of people into your country...