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...fact, a foreign policy shaped by the war on terrorism would serve America poorly. The world is full of problems that need American resourcefulness: the rise of China, the fall of Japan, Europe's crisis of self-confidence, economic turmoil in Latin America. Policies designed to combat terrorism have nothing to offer such cases, yet any one of them may have more of an impact on our future than Sept. 11. If the U.S. takes terrorism as a simple guide to complex situations, it will often fall into error. It is, for example, natural for Americans to sympathize with Israelis...
Arming pilots is hardly a new idea. For decades, up through the 1980s, some pilots carried guns on board--at first to protect the U.S. mail and then to combat hijackings. Although the practice petered out, the government did not formally ban it until July 2001. But after Sept. 11, flight crews realized that talking down hijackers was no longer the right response and revived the idea. The most influential unions joined the campaign of the new Airline Pilots' Security Alliance, whose main goal is to give pilots guns...
...that money or merchandise has changed hands. The New York Times revealed that drug companies are making payments to celebrities or their favorite charities in return for their touting pharmaceutical products on talk shows: Lauren Bacall praised Visudyne as a treatment for macular degeneration, Rob Lowe plugged Neulasta to combat a side effect of chemotherapy, and Kathleen Turner directed viewers to a website for a drug for rheumatoid arthritis. Sometimes, as with Bacall's controversial appearance on NBC's Today, the celebrities fail to mention that they are being paid. Just last week CNN (which is owned by AOL Time...
...buying and selling of permits for greenhouse gases is permitted under the Kyoto treaty to combat climate change. Despite the rejection of the pact by the U.S., other major governments, including Japan, have ratified it, and trading in permits for carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas, is increasing in Europe. In the U.S., many executives who expect eventually to face more rigorous laws are eager to get experience coping with caps. "We really have endeavored to construct a program that will be highly credible and successful--and by success we mean it will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions," says Dale Heydlauff...
...religious obligation. He claims he gave up the jihad in 1996 to stop terrorism because he felt betrayed by its messy logistics and shady characters, but this doesn't ring entirely true. That's not to say Collins is anti-American: it's more likely that after years of combat and the loss of his leg, he was physically and ideologically exhausted...