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...Fortunately, I wasn't called upon to kill or be killed, but tens of thousands of others were. Each side in a war considers its cause to be right, including the Taliban in Afghanistan and al-Qaeda, which call their wars "holy" - another oxymoron. When will people ever learn? Carlos Carrier, LONG BEACH, CALIF...
...snowmobiles. The scientists and staff attached to NEEM are mostly Danish, with a sprinkling of other nationalities: a couple of Americans, Belgians, French and a South Korean. Lingua franca is English, with liberal amounts of Danish mixed in. When we arrive, we are given breakfast, and we soon learn that the preparation and consumption of food takes up a significant slice of time at NEEM. It might be the constant sunlight, which gives the sense that the days are (literally) endless, or the European flavor of the camp, but life at NEEM seems to move at a leisurely place. (Todd...
...long after Barack Obama returned from his heady global tour last weekend, the contest accelerated abruptly and took on an edgier, headlong, take-no-prisoners tone. John McCain went from seeming lost and playing hapless defense to more focused offense. We'll learn soon how long that lasts, and at what price, but there were several days last week when McCain's team actually seemed in control of what passes for the campaign conversation. Obama saw his already thin lead narrow in a few places and was hinting by the end of the week that he might moderate his unpopular...
...When some of these girls marry abusive husbands or encounter discrimination in the workplace, will they assert their rights or just keep quiet? I would much rather see young girls doing an activity that helps them learn they are something more than a sexual object. Purity balls produce the very type of girl who ends up thinking her value lies only in her appeal to men. Linda L. Rasmussen, San Diego...
...others were. There is no hope for peace on earth as long as war is considered the right thing to do. Each side in a war considers its cause to be right, including the Taliban and al-Qaeda, which call their wars "holy"--another oxymoron. When will people ever learn? Carlos Carrier, LONG BEACH, CALIF...