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In a world where every successful antiterrorism operation serves only to highlight another vulnerability, trying to stop the next attack can seem like an exercise in futility. But that's exactly the point. Terrorists can't be deterred forever. Dealing effectively with the threat posed by al-Qaeda requires a...
Shark Cartilage: The next topic is a very sensitive one: glucosamine-chondroitin pills for arthritis. Patients ask me about these literally everyday. They're not cheap but they are not dangerous and, according to a well-done, recent study with 18,000 people - (half gets the stuff, the other the...
In a strongly worded dissent, Justice Mary Fairhurst called the majority's opinion "blatant discrimination." She argued that denying marriage rights to same-sex couples in no way helps heterosexual couples raise their children, as the majority opinion suggested. "There is no rational basis for denying same-sex couples the...
In March, as a result of these allegations, more than 250 medical professionals signed an open letter to the British medical journal The Lancet, demanding an end to force-feeding. They cited the code of ethics of the American Medical Association and the World Medical Association, both of which condemn...
Lessons of the Cold War Peter Beinart's essay "Let Your Enemies Crumble" [June 5] correctly pointed out that containment policies against repressive regimes have been successful, most notably with the Soviet Union during the cold war. The Soviet leaders, however, were consistently capable of rational judgment, whereas Saddam Hussein...