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...oversight or rules of engagement. These gun-toting cowboys charging around in their suvs taint the already sullied image of our military and government. They went into battle for two reasons: blood and money. Those who live by the sword should expect to perish by it. It is foolish for their families to expect that they are going to be safe. When even journalists and humanitarian relief workers are targets of violence in Iraq, why should these armed men be exempt? Their deaths highlight the ineptitude of the government that got us into this mess. Farhad Sethna, AKRON, OHIO...
...fact that all the evidence must be fully examined before leaping to a judgment—otherwise, legitimate criticisms in the future will be dismissed offhand. The government has never been afraid of targeting civil liberties in the name of national security in the past, but we would be foolish to assume that this is true for all governmental policies. In this particular case, the SmartCheck scanner, aside from being another minor inconvenience, certainly does not infringe upon our civil liberties any more than the ordinary metal detector...
...world’s best and brightest precisely when we need them most” thanks to a cap that “is arbitrarily set and bears no relation to U.S. industry’s demand for skilled professionals.”We agree. America would be foolish not to lay out the welcome mat for highly skilled workers...
...oversight or rules of engagement. These gun-toting cowboys charging around in their SUVs taint the already sullied image of our military and government. They went into battle for two reasons: blood and money. Those who live by the sword should expect to perish by it. It is foolish for their families to expect that they are going to be safe. When even journalists and humanitarian relief workers are targets of violence in Iraq, why should these armed men be exempt? Their deaths highlight the ineptitude of the government that got us into this mess...
...Greg Koski ’71, former director of the federal office that oversees IRBs, said: “In the ‘cover your ass’ mentality that has developed over the last decade, we’re now in a situation where IRBs do really foolish, stupid things in the name of protecting human subjects but really to cover themselves...