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...question here is not whether this income redistribution is fair, but whether it really is the best idea we have. We could, for instance, have a section in every course website that displays every required book’s ISBN, two weeks before classes start. Computer Services could have even those ISBNs link directly to any of the innumerable cross-searches for textbooks online. All readings the first two weeks of class could be photocopied, available on the course website, or be on reserve in a ratio of one book for every 30 students in the class. Given the time...

Author: By Jason D. Misium | Title: C-CAP: Wallets Without Brains | 12/18/2006 | See Source »

...stopped watching television, so I am not bothered by shampoo bombs on airplanes or strange bacteria in my spinach. The information age has lengthened the list of things to worry about. It seems the biggest worriers accept the evening news as absolute truth. MICHELLE SISSON Fair Oaks, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 25, 2006 | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

Jeffrey Kluger's piece was very interesting, telling and informative. But we should be careful to consider ratios of risk rather than absolute numbers. It may be true that airline travel is safer than car travel, but a fair comparison would be the number of deaths in relation to the number of people traveling in that mode. Obviously, the number of people riding in cars is overwhelmingly higher than the number who fly, so a straight number-of-deaths comparison is slightly misleading. KEVIN CRYDERMAN Rochester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 25, 2006 | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

...schnapps line (try 99 Oranges) is ideal for such purposes.4. Binoculars. Useful for watching Clifton Dawson’s expressions during gameplay, also for spying out potential hookups. Don’t forget to check out the Eli side as well; after the fourth quarter, they’re fair game, especially if they win.5. Condoms. Because consolation sex is fun, and you’re not going to see him/her again until next year, right?6. Common sense. I’m not talking about staying on the right side of the law with this whole...

Author: By Sara J. Culver, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR SARA | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

...decent, fair-minded person has a moral obligation to condemn extremism, religious or secular. But the Pope's peremptory linking of Islam and violence is irrational and irresponsible, especially when such a wildly inaccurate judgment comes from somebody whose religion has historically caused more extensive and brutal suffering than Islam ever has. Husam Dughman Toronto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/16/2006 | See Source »

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