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...China's claims to sovereignty over Taiwan are almost entirely without merit by any reasonable historical, political or moral standard. Nor is there anything surprising about the people of Taiwan's desire to run their own affairs. Only their freedom to speak their minds is new. Eric Wedemeyer Tokyo...
...York, Washington, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco and Houston--matched up perfectly with AIR's list of most at-risk cities. Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner of New York, which received 25% of the new grant, says, "I was thinking, finally it seems we have a program based on merit, and clearly not based on politics--because a lot of these cities are not exactly Republican bastions...
Over the course of his lifetime, Streilein was also the recipient of many awards, including the MERIT grant from the National Eye Institute. Aside from his research, Streilein also was a beloved professor and adviser...
...House voted 276-139 this month to approve a bill exempting the fast food industry from obesity lawsuits. While these lawsuits may seem silly to some lawmakers, their merit should be decided in a court of law, not in the court of public opinion...
...food industry and leaving it at that, the real solution to frivolous lawsuits is not the immunization of entire industries—a precedent that could restrict Americans’ ability to punish corporate wrongdoing. Baseless lawsuits should be promptly dismissed; if any of these lawsuits are indeed without merit, then the courts will rule that way. The House should keep its hands out of a private citizen’s right to confront corporations in court...