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Munir Said Thalib had more enemies than he could count. The 38-year-old founder of Kontras, a hard-charging human-rights watchdog, had challenged just about every powerful institution in Indonesia: the military, intelligence agencies, and government bureaus and big businesses suspected of corrupt practices. In his six years with Kontras, Munir received numerous death threats. In 2003, someone threw a bomb at his house in Jakarta, although it caused no damage...
...most of us are blind to the toll inflicted by our own government several hundred miles to the east in Iraq. Of course, this ignorance is not entirely our fault. Some of the blame rests on the official policy of the U.S. government, which suppresses the Iraqi casualty count. In an honest revelation of priorities, the U.S. government does, through the National Agricultural Statistics Service, keep meticulous data on the herd sizes and deaths of hogs, pigs, cattle, poultry, sheep, and ewes. A simple search of the Department of Agriculture can find you the number of sheep slaughtered for human...
...offensive has left much of Fallujah in ruins, as air strikes, artillery barrages and ground fighting destroyed homes and damaged many of the city's mosques. It's impossible to count the number of enemy slain across Fallujah, but the attrition of insurgent forces in the city was decisive. In the long run, however, the rebels haven't been beaten. From the nature of the fight and interviews with insurgents before the attack, it seems clear the nationalist and jihadist leadership had by and large already left the city along with much of their ranks, leaving behind, in classic guerrilla...
...continue to use the Electoral College when the popular vote should count now more than ever? There should be just one vote, allowing our citizens to speak once and for all. Maybe then the money spent and the promises made by the candidates would be directed more at the real issues that affect voters. JERRY KEELER Bath...
Most Americans have absolutely no clue as to the importance of the Electoral College. It is not the easiest thing to understand, but it is crucial: it allows all areas of the country to be represented. Every person's vote should count, but we are not a pure democracy, we are a republic, and as such we vote for people to represent us. The Electoral College was set up to give the small states a voice and has done a marvelous job of achieving its purpose. If the Electoral College were abolished, would presidential candidates ever visit the less populous...