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...hawks were delighted by the revelations about Syria, hoping that the North will be so angered that Kim will abandon the six-party talks, finally bringing down the curtain on what they believe has been a feckless effort by the State Department. But Administration officials insist they don't expect that to happen. They believe North Korea 3.0 - the "shame on you" policy - may pay off. "I doubt they're walking away," says one diplomat involved in the talks. Yes, they say, North Korea's serial proliferation is a huge problem. That's why getting Pyongyang to stop making plutonium...
...citizens. If America is to lead this battle, much less win it, individuals and families will need to make radical changes in their lives, including conserving energy and water, reducing consumption, eating differently and traveling less. It is possible these changes could be made voluntarily, but an intensive national effort, like the one made during World War II, is probably required. For that we will need great moral and political leadership from above and great courage and commitment on the grass-roots level. I hope your magazine will continue to catalyze both. Mary Earle Chase, Novato, Calif...
...Afghanistan, but Samantha Power's statement [April 28] that "Canada occupies the fighting tier, alongside the U.S. Britain, Denmark and the Netherlands" is disappointingly incomplete. It might interest Power to learn that Australia has almost a thousand troops on the ground in Afghanistan, 350 dedicated to the reconstruction effort, but at least 400 more on operational duties, which puts them very much in the fighting tier. Anthony Connell, Sydney...
...citizens. If America is to lead this battle, much less win it, individuals and families will need to make radical changes in their lives, including conserving energy and water, reducing consumption, eating differently and traveling less. It is possible these changes could be made voluntarily, but an intensive national effort, like the one made during World War II, is probably required. For that we will need great moral and political leadership from above and great courage and commitment on the grass-roots level. I hope your magazine will continue to catalyze both. Mary Earle Chase, NOVATO, CALIF...
...former labor Doula and am currently leading the national effort to reverse hospital bans on vaginal birth after caesareans [April 28]. Mothers never tell me that they chose a medically unnecessary caesarean. Rather, their caesareans were ordered, coerced or bullied by their doctors because labor was too early or too late, mom was too small or too big, baby was too small or too big, mom had too much or too little amniotic fluid or for myriad other reasons sometimes verging on the bizarre. Plus, let's not forget that many hospitals in our country forbid women who have...