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...waging a holy war against the supposedly corrupt and decaying West. Many Muslims firmly believe that the virtually limitless funds streaming from the Middle Eastern oil wells and the tolerance in Western countries of militant Islamist propaganda are all by decree from Allah. Given the refusal of the politically correct Western leadership and media to recognize the true identity of this threat and effectively deal with it, it will keep surprising us time and again. Moshe G. Katz, RISHON LEZION, ISRAEL...
...Thottam's report on the Dangers of Chinese Imports, from toys to seafood, takes me back to the 1940s, when Japan had a struggling economy. "Made in Japan" was a byword for inferior products. If economists' predictions prove correct and China progresses similarly, both economically and politically, the world will be a safer place, and the U.S. will be fighting for economic survival. Wayne E. Smith, Sicklerville, New Jersey...
...what about the Illinois soldiers in Iraq? Obama didn't offer specific numbers, but his technical point turns out to be correct. Between 24 and 28 military members from the state (depending on which of the many available sources we rely on) were killed during the 2006-07 school year. That?s fewer, in absolute terms, than the number of kids killed in Chicago. But Obama was wrong on the relative victimization of both populations: the number of dead soldiers represents about .3% (or 30 out of every 10,000) of the total number of active and reserve troops from...
...foreign food products," said Energy and Commerce Committee Senior Investigator David Nelson in his testimony before a House subcommittee. "Recent accounts of tainted imports from China provide additional evidence, simply stated, that FDA lacks sufficient resources and authority to ensure food safety and that legislation will be needed to correct these deficiencies...
Neuron degeneration in Parkinson’s disease is caused in part by oxidative stress, a state of cellular imbalance that can produce molecules damaging to the cellular environment. As a powerful antioxidant, urate could help to correct this, according to the study’s abstract...