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...media, it was refreshing to read your positive and evenhanded article on Rick Warren, a humble man working his hardest to make a difference for the poor [Aug. 18]. Now there's something that people on both sides of the political aisle can get behind. Andy Horvath, Elverson, Pennsylvania...
...Posada a pass while sentencing Osama bin Laden's driver, Salim Ahmed Hamden, to 66 months in prison this month for providing material support to al-Qaeda. "By any reasonable definition, [Posada] is a terrorist," says Dennis Jett, a former U.S. ambassador to Peru and now a professor at Pennsylvania State University's international affairs school. "He may not be a threat to the U.S., but he is to the people he's [allegedly] been attacking...
...point a human being gets human rights: "At the moment of conception," McCain replied. The answer was clear, unequivocal and a great relief to restless Republicans who had endured a week of indigestion on the issue. Murmurs that McCain was flirting with a pro-choice running mate like former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge or Joe Lieberman had Rush Limbaugh and his army in full stampede. "The fur is going to fly on this one," Limbaugh warned about the prospect of McCain taking social conservatives for granted...
McCain will also need to ace the abortion quiz at Saddleback. Despite an unwavering record of opposition to abortion, the Arizona Senator has at times worried religious conservatives by suggesting he would consider a pro-choice running mate - most recently this week while discussing former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge. Those comments, combined with McCain's support for stem-cell research, explain the relatively low levels of enthusiasm among Evangelicals for his candidacy. Evangelicals have also been waiting for McCain to speak personally about his own faith. When it comes to discussing religious beliefs, he has a low-key approach more...
There are no data yet from South Carolina, but the measure seems to be working in other places. In Pennsylvania, the state calculated that among just one subgroup of patients - seniors in a prescription-relief program - the state saves $572,000 a year on acid-reflux drug costs alone, simply by reminding doctors that pricey Nexium, the "purple pill," often has cheaper, equally effective generic alternatives. It's a model that may soon go nationwide. On July 31, the Independent Drug Education and Outreach Act of 2008 was introduced in both houses of Congress. If it passes, it could fund...