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Like a nation of Dr. Phils, we couldn't get enough of stating the obvious. People wrote news stories that seriously examined Gary Condit's re-election bid and fat people suing fast-food restaurants, leaving very little for the Onion to do. When Letterman almost bumped Nightline off ABC, long editorials were written saying that Ted Koppel's show is indeed smart--many by Ted Koppel himself. After extensive video review, we determined that people should not dangle their babies over the railing of the third-floor balconies or shave off their entire nose. We pretended to get newly...
...ridiculous for overweight teenagers to sue McDonald's [SOCIETY, Dec. 2]. The kids say McDonald's didn't adequately warn them that its meals contained lots of fat, salt and sugar. But the teens' obesity and health problems are their parents' fault as well as their own. Their parents should not have let them eat at McDonald's nearly every day for years on end. Children must be taught that some foods are bad for you. Any lawsuit shouldn't be against McDonald's; it should be against the negligent parents. CHARLES KYUNGHWAN KIM Hacienda Heights, Calif...
...jail?" they'd all go home. But they kept going, coming up with a long proclamation that somehow was something other than "How about we put them in jail?" We couldn't get enough of stating the obvious. People wrote news stories that seriously examined Ulrika Jonsson or fat people suing fast-food restaurants, leaving very little for Have I Got News For You to do. After extensive video review, we determined that people should not dangle their babies over the railing of third floor balconies, or shave off their entire nose. We pretended to get newly upset about...
...exact science, and if you, like many of us, still have second-grade handwriting, expect frequent mistakes. Also note that the IO remembers what you write only when you use the special paper it comes with; with regular paper, it's just a plain old pen--and a fat one at that; the IO is so thick, it's like writing with a banana. But it works, and although it's not perfect, the IO is a ray of hope for analog authors stuck in an increasingly digital world. --By Lev Grossman
...rest of you Harvard types? You occupy a space in the world some would do anything—anything—to enjoy. You got a heck of a gift in the form of a fat envelope at some point, many of you right around this time of year. Not everyone was, or is, as lucky. Be humble, be grateful and be at peace...