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...Middle East is in need of peace. I have taught in five nations on three continents, at universities ranging from Harvard to Haifa, from the Free University of Berlin to Wichita State, from Budapest to Boise. But nowhere, proud and pleased though I am to be a French citizen as well as an American one, have I encountered a system of higher education as inefficient, chaotic, perversely bureaucratic and dysfunctional as the French. An American professor in the French system feels as if he has landed not merely in another nation, but on another planet. For the very idea...
...added, however, that all democracies are legitimized by citizen participation...
...terrible as 9/11 was, it didn't repeal the Constitution." ROSEMARY POOLER, federal appeals-court judge, considering the case of alleged "dirty bomber" and U.S. citizen Jose Padilla, whom the President designated an "enemy combatant," meaning he could be detained indefinitely and denied access to his lawyer...
...bailout, he says. For now, he gets 30 calls a day from card companies demanding payment. Taking three calls in the course of an hour, he pretends to be someone else and takes a message. Whether you are a South Korean credit-card company, a corporate conglomerate or a citizen, sometimes the best strategy is to sit tight and wait for someone to ride to your rescue...
...Beyond the Ambushes Thank you for the informative article on the average Iraqi citizen's new life after Saddam Hussein, "Where Things Stand" [Nov. 10]. Much news reporting makes it appear as if the whole country is hostile. It was interesting to learn that most attacks against our soldiers are occurring in the Sunni triangle-which lost the most jobs, money and prestige after the regime fell. Please continue to inform us about the life of average Iraqis throughout the country. Aimee Devereux Chicago...