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...give women the freedom to choose to work inside or outside the home. Having lived in Germany for seven years, I appreciate that it is truly difficult for German women to combine career and children, yet the endless comparison of earth mother vs. career mother is pointless and divisive. It is important to realize that nowadays educated, experienced women like me are not necessarily wasting our skills by staying at home; rather we are choosing to use our skills for another good cause - raising our children. Annette Cashell Nuremberg, Germany Your article reported that German women are forced to choose...
Achor adds that learning practical things always comes easier than learning “tedious and pointless ones that are disconnected from the rest of their lives...
...attention span becomes. It seems as if everyone has attention-deficit disorder. Our society is so invested in getting things done fast that we have lost the skill of patiently sitting still and focusing. It's as if people need to be diverted. If there were fewer distractions from pointless e-mails, phone calls and other things, a lot more could be achieved. Ally Whitney Eugene, Oregon...
...attention span becomes. It seems as though everyone has attention-deficit disorder. Our society is so invested in getting things done fast that we have lost the skill of patiently sitting still and focusing. It's as if people need to be diverted. If there were fewer distractions from pointless e-mails, phone calls and other things, a lot more could be achieved. ALLY WHITNEY Eugene...
...pointless to wish for a statesman, but those of us who cover the Iraq story know that no country has needed a Mandela or a Gandhi more than Iraq. Coming on three years since the fall of Saddam, the country is deeply and violently divided along sectarian lines. This week's bombings are a terrible reminder that without a unifying, healing political figure, Iraq's problems will only deepen, disrupting the stability of the Middle East and complicating any White House plans for military disengagement. And Iraqi political observers warn that the longer they are poorly ruled by ?small, ordinary...