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...Knock Nader! I had to chuckle at Joel Stein's essay in which he argued that Ralph Nader should apologize for running for President in 2000 [March 10]. Stein and the Democrats don't understand the Nader voter. I voted for him because I didn't feel the Democrats deserved my vote. As a longtime liberal, I'm interested in a truly progressive Democratic Party, not one that is Republican lite. If Nader weren't running this year, I still wouldn't vote for a Democrat. The party should stop complaining about Nader and try to earn my vote...
...have been an Obama supporter since spring 2007, but Stein's Essay made me want to vote for Nader in November. Stein's disrespect for Nader was shameful. Nader has served the people of the United States more courageously than has any of the current Democratic or Republican candidates. If the Democrats want my vote next fall, they need to get over it, get it together and get something done. Stop blaming Nader for Gore's loss in 2000, and recognize Nader's numerous contributions to our society. Eleanor Cox, Iowa City, Iowa...
Legislating Life Decisions In her essay, Nancy Gibbs posited that politicians will soon need to make firm decisions regarding reproductive technologies and embryonic stem cells [March 10]. But she cited the work of professors who argue that, as Gibbs put it, "the embryo is a whole, living member of the human species in its earliest stage of development, not just a potential one or a part of one." This leaves out one critical factor: a mother's uterus is needed to complete gestation. Until we recognize the mother as the vital, key component to creating new life, we will continue...
...During his first months in Iraq, Foote wrote in a Federal Reserve Board essay about that summer, he felt pretty safe. Part of it, he wrote, was his “native Midwestern trust...
...Sometimes, he wrote in the Federal Reserve Board essay, the electricity in his hotel would shut...