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Thank you, Molly Ivins, for expressing your suspicion that "cancer doesn't give a rat's ass whether you have a positive mental attitude." For years, I have tried to counter those who say peace of mind can cure cancer. Ivins came through with a great comeback! MARILYN ERICKSON Springfield, Mass...
President George W. Bush has always portrayed himself as a proponent of free trade. The imposition of heavy tariffs on steel imports announced this week runs counter to his usual free trade stance—and is a mistake. The trade barrier, which levies an import tax of up to 30 percent, is reminiscent of the protectionism of America’s isolationist age just before the Great Depression, and it marks a regression in this nation’s attempt to form a new, open global economy. While economists and academics in the United States proclaim the benefits...
...defending the administration’s decision, U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick said, “The global steel industry has been rife with government intervention, subsidies and protection,” and explained that the American response served to counter the protectionism of other governments. In order to equalize trade opportunities, the administration should not raise America’s trade barriers, but rather continue to break down the barriers of other countries. American tariffs will only lead to retaliatory tariffs, which will weaken the international free market economy and possibly lead to a trade...
...Reports from the White House say it came down to Paul O'Neill the free-market economist against Karl Rove the GOP vote-counter. Pork politics - just those few rust-belt votes can lock down the House in 2002 and the White House in 2004 - won. And man-of-integrity Bush, who by keeping one campaign promise to West Virginia sold out not only his free-market principles but also most of his own party, is now sporting a sizeable black...
...those who could see past the glare of the host’s spotlight and did attend the nearly full first show, they got two shows for the price of one. S. Allen Counter, the director of the Foundation, had no idea what he was getting himself into when he called University President Lawrence H. Summers on stage. Standing next to Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68, Counter and Underwood, Summers would have looked out of place even if he were wearing a suit. Summers said a few words about the importance of diversity before...