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...writing to point out that Sandia National Laboratories has nothing to do with Russ Humphreys' kooky ideas about a young Earth and sprinting continents (News, Nov. 9). He has never published these speculations in a science journal, nor has he presented them at Sandia for peer review...
...study, conducted by an online news agency, APBnews, and a Pennsylvania consulting firm, the CAP Index, studied the likelihood students would be victims of violent crime on campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods...
...their safety--are all wrong! It appears he would rather make trouble for schoolteachers than for his coworkers and he'd rather get his name in newspapers than on science papers. It is unfortunate that his affiliation with Sandia, rather than his church, is what gets mentioned in the news. After all, his ideas are based on his religion, not on science...
While there were a number of things in the story (News, Nov. 9) about the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) with which I could take exception, one point in particular deserves comment. The statement that "HIID employs virtually no professors from the teaching ranks of the Faculty" conveys the impression that the Institute is essentially disconnected from the rest of the University...
Given the history between Reich and Gore, the veep's team couldn't have been very surprised by Reich's defection to the Bradley camp. There was a caustic note to the official response to the news, however, that might point to a little bit of hurt. "I hope this means Mr. Reich will educate Senator Bradley's team on Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security - all programs threatened by Bradley's agenda," Gore spokesman Chris Lehane huffed to the Associated Press. With Gore's long list of endorsements growing every day, his campaign is not in any way imperiled...