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...acting locally. Paul Feiner, Town Supervisor Greenburgh, New York, U.S. The report on global warming makes a convincing case that our planet is getting hotter, but shouldn't we at least be considering the possibility that we are going through a natural cycle that we can't stop or lessen? All the solutions focus on reducing carbon dioxide, which may be a good idea, but shouldn't we also be thinking about how we can adapt to environmental change, as all species have had to do since the beginning of time? Charles W. Meyer Fremont, California, U.S. time's cover...
...might think the answer in those thorny situations would be to "just give them pain medicine". You'd be wrong. Sure, narcotics like codeine, morphine and all their addicting cousins will temporarily lessen most pains, even undiagnosed ones; the problem is they work less well with every passing week and as you "get used to them," the pain - whose source has not been in any way removed by these drugs - will actually increase. Trust me: If there is anything worse than an undiagnosed pain patient, it's an addicted, undiagnosed pain patient...
...language, the idea that these young men who had died had not died in vain. In World War II, there was a consensus over what had to be done in fighting Hitler and fascism. Now people are not sure why we're fighting [in Iraq]. All of these things lessen support, as we see month by month, and will make it much harder for the President to sustain the commitment that he says is necessary until some sort of stable democracy is established over there...
...report on global warming makes a convincing case that our planet is getting hotter, but shouldn't we at least be considering the possibility that we are going through a natural cycle that we can't stop or lessen? Reducing carbon dioxide may be a good idea, but shouldn't we also be thinking about how we can adapt to environmental change, as all species have had to do at some point...
...favor. The country is in a nationalist mood; for the man in the street, more concerned with economic issues, the appeal is simple: If other countries can have nuclear power and atom bombs, why can't we? High oil prices and an overstretched U.S. military combine to lessen the West's capacity to react. So too, Iran's leaders think, does Iran's influence with the Shi'ite majority in Iraq and the newly elected Hamas leaders in the Palestinian territories. Getting loud and ugly about Israel earns Iran credibility and support in the Muslim world. And the regime...