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...Americans, who can say that a future Administration will not abuse the power obtained through the precedent? History teaches that the dearly bought rights of individuals may be more easily lost than regained. Let us guard against future abuse by demanding respect for our privacy now. Robert E. Mann Chandler, Arizona, U.S. The NSA program is long overdue. it should have been implemented after the initial truck-bomb attack on the World Trade Center. Had we been connecting the dots in that way all along, 9/11 might never have happened. Michael Patmas West Linn, Oregon, U.S. In Defense...
...Americans, who can say that a future Administration will not abuse the power obtained through the precedent? History teaches that the dearly bought rights of individuals may be more easily lost than regained. Let us guard against future abuse by demanding respect for our privacy now. Robert E. Mann Chandler, Arizona...
ROBERT E. MANN Chandler, Ariz...
...would rather talk about other people's books. "I was brought up with the Greek and Latin classics, with the 16th and 17th century Spanish classics and the great European novelists of the 19th century. Of the 20th [century], I'm interested in Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Mann, Stefan Zweig, Joseph Conrad and Thomas Pynchon. The rest I can do without, including my own books." The rest of us, however, are likely to be hooked on Alatriste's adventures as long as the writer keeps turning them...
Specialization in high school neglects the primary role of secondary school: molding well-rounded students with a strong and stable intellectual, practical, and civic foundation. Indeed, Horace Mann, the “father of American education,” famously said that “a human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.” This is why the core of a secondary education is comprised of a set of highly specified academically rigorous courses in math, science, history, and English. Any system of majors that encroaches on this educational core would undermine this...