Word: norms
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...have to fear is fear itself." Time's reporting on the nsa seems aimed at making the American people paranoid. Let the civil libertarians be fearful and anxious. If monitoring our phones keeps just one American from being harmed, the government can listen to my calls anytime it wants. Norm Rossell Fallbrook, California, U.S. Send Missives, Not Missiles "Why not talk?" [May 22] described the reasons President Bush will not respond to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's rambling 18-page letter. Although Ahmadinejad's missive wanders, covering a multitude of issues, the central message is that Bush does not live...
...NORM ROSSELL Fallbrook, Calif...
...Singye Wangchuck. There will surely come a time when despots, dictators and presidents-for-life (of the kind found in Africa) will be a miserable minority among world leaders. Those like the King will no longer be described as suprising. Able and people-oriented leadership will have become a norm and no longer an aberration. Gabriel A. Amadi Aba, Nigeria Aiming for New Gamers Nintendo's new game controller is quite intriguing [May 15]. As a nongamer, I quickly saw beyond its recreational use to its potential in other areas. For example, could the movement and motion described as part...
...good news is a relief for Republicans like Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, who in January was besieged by elderly voters in his state angry over snafus in the program. Today he's hearing from seniors "who are raving about the money they're now saving on their monthly prescription drug plans," Coleman says. "The program is working...
...writer-performer Al Franken - or, in the comic self-promotional character he played called "Me, Al Franken" - announced that he might run for President. In 2008, he will most likely run for U.S. Senator from his home state of Minnesota. As he says of his presumed opponent, Norm Coleman, "I?d be the only New York Jew in the race who is actually from Minnesota." For now, Franken writes best-selling Right-baiting books and hosts a daily three-hour show on Air America Radio, a perch from which he inveighs against the White House and Congress and promotes virtually...