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...aftermath of the hurricane brought these rudiments of humanity to mind. It was a case study in why societies exist-which may be the one good thing to emerge from this mess. We have grown accustomed to best-case scenarios in the U.S.; we have come to assume that we will always have electricity and fresh water and an endless pipeline of goods and services. We assume that we can always control our fate, that we are exempt from chaos, and that governance is a necessary evil rather than an essential good, the ultimate civilized defense against the rudeness...
...hospitals, including Johns Hopkins, where Segev works, now use it), fewer than 100 matches have been made since 2001, in part because no national program has been put into place. That means the number of organs actually donated is less than the number being offered. "The matching programs that exist are not efficient," says Segev, whose optimized matching system, developed with Gentry, was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in April. Based on an algorithm created by the Canadian mathematician Jack Edmonds in 1965, the system improves paired donation by ensuring the maximum number of matches while...
...down to me by my parents and grandparents. But I have always considered myself an American, with no need to add an ethnic prefix for further identification. As part of a great melting pot, we should accept our differences, not emphasize them or place dividing lines where none need exist. That said, I eagerly anticipate your forthcoming report on the U.S.'s 25 most influential Italians...
...nomination of John G. Roberts to replace Sandra Day O'Connor as Supreme Court Justice [July 18] serve to unify America, or will it lead to a confrontational crisis? The U.S.'s Founding Fathers gave Supreme Court Justices lifetime appointments, not foreseeing the deeply acrimonious partisanship that would exist in today's politics. The majority of Americans support Roe vs. Wade, the court decision that legalized abortion, and we don't need Bush's circumventing the public's will through his selection of a Supreme Court Justice. Ron Lowe Nevada City, California, U.S. Democrats and Republicans alike, except for extremists...
...best course of treatment. Frequently, a new set of answers raises new questions, however, which require more extensive testing. The ultimate goal, cardiologists say, is to find the single test that provides "one-stop shopping" and eliminates the need for invasive or multiple diagnostic scans. That test doesn't exist yet, but a look at the latest advances in noninvasive imaging suggests it is getting closer...