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...over having a child and decided to have just one ("the light of my life"), after which he had a vasectomy, which he describes at great length. Journalist Margaret Talbot, who erupted at this in the New Republic last week, is unconvinced by "population doomsayers" and rejects a "politically correct family size." Of the author, whom she describes as a "yuppie yogi," she says, "He is irritating not only because he is so wrong, but also because he is so sanctimonious." Irritating but driven by an impulse to keep us from crowding nature into extinction, leaving the world "a sadder...
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...item "Download A Best Seller" [PERSONAL TIME, YOUR TECHNOLOGY, June 22] misidentified the company that produces electronic books that can be downloaded from its website onto a special unit with a built-in modem. The correct name is SoftBook Press Inc. Its website is www.softbookpress.com
...media. The Chicken Soup series creates an alternative to the usual media fare. We offer hope where there is despair, comfort where there is pain, tears and laughter instead of sarcasm and snide remarks, and inspiration to help our readers overcome the challenges they face. It's correct that our stories do not moralize, but it is wrong to say they provide "uplift without morals." PATTY HANSEN, Co-Author Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul Newport Beach, Calif...
...doubts raised deserve full exploration. So we plan to keep reporting this story. We also await the results of the Pentagon investigation, due out shortly. When we get more of these facts and, we hope, a clearer picture of what may have happened, we will report them to you, correct any mistakes and try to clarify any disputes that remain...