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William Kristol flayed Senator Hillary Clinton for shuffling on issues with the war [Jan. 29]. It is disingenuous for Kristol to write about the faults of Democrats and the war. He should pay more attention to the Republican President and his allies. They have led this country into a bottomless pit, and Kristol has been a big cheerleader...
...China emerges as an international power [Jan. 22], the West must be wary of a brain drain. To be a manufacturing giant, the Chinese must get the know-how. As capitalist businesses become more focused on quarterly profits through low-cost production, they lose sight of the long-term value of their intellectual resources and risk losing their markets...
...appalled to learn from "Pillow Angel Ethics" [Jan. 22] that the parents of Ashley, a severely brain-damaged 9-year-old girl, mutilated her so that she would be less trouble to care for. Removing Ashley's uterus and stunting her growth without knowing what potential she might have had through future medical breakthroughs was merely self-interest disguised as love and devotion. Ashley should be placed under protective services to prevent any more atrocious mistreatment...
...think Steve Jobs designed the iPhone [Jan. 22]. I think he snapped his fingers and told his engineers to do it. And the iPhone sure isn't revolutionary. It is not an innovation in technology, just in packaging. How can a company make more money? Combine more things into one product and charge more. And accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If I bought all the stuff that Apple makes for the iPod, I would be broke. I guess Jobs is a genius--a marketing genius...
Take the nation's largest life-insurance company, China Life, which trades in Shanghai, Hong Kong and New York City. On Jan. 31, its shares had a price-earnings ratio of around 70 (a stock's P/E ratio shows the amount investors are paying for each dollar of per-share earnings). That's a richer multiple than investors are shelling out for fast-growing Google...