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...plots. But we shouldn’t be fooled by the false impression of safety: extra X-ray machines don’t by themselves add up to extra security. In the meantime, I suppose we also shouldn’t be lured into a false sense of danger. After all, it’s still statistically safer to fly than to drive...
...affair, Chaney is mysteriously blackmailed and threatened. Private eye Carlyle untangles the web between Chaney and his colleagues, his wife and the undergraduate’s ex-con ex-boyfriend. The book deals with lies and intrigue; lo and behold, the path to truth is fraught with hidden danger. Ultimately, Carlyle digs too deep and ends up in a fix herself...
...talking about the lack of planning for post-war Iraq (although the administration can boast of such boneheaded decisions as disbanding the Iraqi security forces immediately after the invasion). Bush is also turning a blind eye to the huge deficits projected over the rest of the decade and the danger of a fiscal crunch when America’s credit lines dry up. Instead of facing up to the rising tide of red ink, Bush is pressing for his tax cuts to be made permanent, while congressional Republicans have killed attempts to revive...
...hates women who get abortions. There are multiple religious positions on the moral justification of abortions. Some interpretations say that abortions are justified until the fetus could be viable outside the womb. Many say that abortion is justified in cases where the life of the mother would be in danger, or in cases of rape or incest. For those who go for evolutionary justifications, some would say that abortions are justified when the woman would be more likely to go on to have more children at a later point in her life when she would be better able to take...
With so much of Iraq in danger of sliding out of its control, the U.S. will need to maintain cooperation from Iraqis like those in the 306th Battalion if it is to have any chance of restoring order. Raied, the battalion's executive officer, says, "We will continue to support the U.S. troops until June 30. We want to see if they keep their promises." The U.S., in turn, is staking its hopes for stability on Iraqis like Raied and Sergeant Adnan, who was one of two members of his company who turned up after the April 4 fighting started...