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...Nailing Palin Re "It's Her Party" [Feb. 22]: As usual, Joe Klein's Commentary on the American political scene is masterful. It would be sheer foolhardiness on the part of Americans even to contemplate electing a person like Sarah Palin as their President. Not only would it lead to the misfortune of the U.S., but of the world as a whole. P.K. Majumdar New Delhi
When the Constitution established the postmaster-general position, the Founding Fathers were worried about how to get the new nation's increasing volume of mail delivered. A system had been developed in the colonies, in which merchants, slaves and Native Americans would pass letters and parcels from person to person until they reached their destinations. That soon gave way to designated mail carriers who traveled via horse and stagecoach. One short-lived offshoot of the horseback system, the Pony Express, had riders on about 400 horses who could get letters from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacramento, Calif., in 10 days...
...order to prove the importance of cooking, Wrangham said he only knows of one person who lived longer than just a few weeks on raw food...
...Avigail isn’t the only person who has benefited from this connection. Finley, who moved to Boston without knowing a single person, was able to find a home away from home in the Eshet-Yawetz household...
Cuccinelli's notice sparked a remarkable outcry of gay-rights supporters on college campuses across the state. Administrators, professors and students organized panel discussions and rallies - both in person and online - complaining that Cuccinelli's edit would lead to a rise in hate crimes and a drop in diversity in admitting students and hiring faculty. "His radical actions are putting Virginia at risk of losing both top students and faculty, and discouraging prospective ones," says Jon Blair, CEO of the gay-rights group Equality Virginia...