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...littered with imperial tombs. Many still hold impossibly valuable works of art buried centuries ago. Breaking into these tombs and stealing the national treasures they hold are illegal, of course. But the lure is too great for many, especially because one major haul, sold to a smuggler, can equal a year's farming income. "For kids here, tomb raiding is just like going to the bar," says Little Su, a Xiaoli doctor who put himself through medical school with the spoils of treasure hunts beneath the fields around his home. "If you're bored one night, someone will...
...guess is that each of the Democratic presidential candidates who "opposed" the $87 billion would have voted the opposite way if his vote had been critical for passage. Their opposition was equal parts fury and political convenience--the polls say a solid majority of Americans are against spending more money in Iraq. It was also a way for those who favored the war, like Kerry and Edwards, to make amends with the peaceniks who dominate the Democratic primary electorate. Of course, Bush was playing politics too, by combining into one bill the popular funds for troops with the unpopular funds...
...Ready for Liftoff With its new manned space program, China is hoping to join the space race as an equal partner [Sept. 29]. In pursuing its goal of becoming a modern power, the nation that invented rockets should not forget that a space program carries a considerable cost. The money could be more wisely used on other projects. A degree of openness is required to attract the expertise and funding necessary to keep such an ambitious project on track. It is time, however, for the U.S. and its allies to see that China assumes its rightful place. The West should...
With so many Establishment Democrats masquerading as Republicans these days, it is no wonder that the core ideals of our party have eroded as critical issues such as civil rights and equal opportunity have faded from our national debate...
...leaders from across the nation to finish the work of the Rainbow Coalition and build a truly diverse national coalition to call the conservative policies of George W. Bush into question and to hold the Democratic Party’s feet to the fire on the issues economic development, equal opportunity and racial equality...