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...order to win a political campaign" - was the satisfying grin he had one second after this despicable charge, as if he had been so pleased that he managed to make the whole statement without messing it up [Aug. 4]. His entire team must have breathed a sigh of relief. Gayle Miller, Cresco, Pennsylvania...
...trips to the villages provided glimpses into how emergency food aid worked - or didn't. Hundreds of millions are spent on immediate food relief because the popular notion is to alleviate the plight of starving children. But that means little is spent on economic development to prevent the shortages that led to hunger in the first place. Says Mafa E. Chipeta, East Africa coordinator for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization: "This is not an emergency only for this year. This is a persistent problem that we have failed to deal with. Aid needs a complete rethink." In many...
James Poniewozik asks, "has America lost its sense of humor?" [July 28]. Yes, thanks to this Administration's successful politics of fear, division and deceit. Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, et al provide those who did not re-elect Bush with not only comic relief but also much appreciated validation. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people have died for no apparent reason. And hundreds of thousands of American voters remain devoted to the Administration that caused this carnage. I won't laugh until we get our country back. Sandy Light, ROANOKE...
...Washington Fending Off Foreclosure The massive Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 offers U.S. homeowners, lenders and local communities some relief from the mortgage crisis. The bill is nearly 700 pages, but here's a highlight reel: ? An increase in the federal debt limit from $9.8 trillion to $10.6 trillion, to cover a possible bailout of the beleaguered mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae ? $300 billion in mortgage-refinancing funds backed by the Federal Housing Administration ? $180 million in counseling and legal services for homeowners facing foreclosure ? Tax credits...
...democratic elections resumed in late 2007 and his surviving political allies were elected, Thaksin returned to Bangkok. He is still enormously popular with poor and rural voters who felt his government, despite the charges against it, was the first to put their interests, like universal health care and debt relief for farmers, on the national agenda...