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...Americans losing ground to countries like China, South Korea and India in science and technology [Feb. 13]? Duh! We have a scientifically illiterate President, megachurches that insist that creation is 6,000 years old and an anti-intellectual climate that casts anyone of intelligence as a suspected terrorist. Falling behind in science? We are falling behind in intelligence...
Pulling Iraq back from the brink will be difficult. Building a strong central government and an effective security force will help. The challenge is to get them up and running before events on the ground pass a point of no return...
...forward by Nagin, has the advantage of allowing people to rebuild pretty much anywhere. But there's one important catch: wherever they build, they must meet stringent new state building codes and FEMA rules that require houses in low-lying areas to be raised several feet above ground level. The most flood-prone neighborhoods, many of them poor, will probably require the most new protections, at a cost that could discourage residents from going back to the same spot...
...behind," White House communications director Nicolle Wallace said. But the flap over port security, coming after the controversy over Vice President Dick Cheney's handling of his accidental shooting of a hunting companion, shows that the White House will have to sharpen its game to regain even that much ground. An Administration official said Bush's aides realize that they'll be taking more Republican shots "every year that we're closer to being done." But in the end, the wounds that hurt the most may be the ones that are self-inflicted...
Although the campaign is still in its early stages with the election taking place on Jul. 2, Calderón is gaining ground...