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...call me selfish, but I can?t help but be pleased when Osama?s spotlight-grabbing tirades, while hopefully mostly hot air, gives the rest of the country a smack on the fanny. I don?t expect the folks in Peoria to be as nervous as I am. But it doesn?t hurt for the rest of the county to occasionally be reminded that, a free Iraq notwithstanding, al Qaeda is still furiously plotting ways to bring the war back home...
...Eric Rothschild, a member of the ACLU legal team and a partner in the powerful Philadelphia law firm Pepper Hamilton, attacked the school board members who approved the intelligent design requirement. ?They were selfish-they imposed their own religious viewpoint on a community that has diverse religious beliefs,? he said. ?And they did that without any investigation or research about whether what they were presenting to the students was science. This was all about getting their religious views into the school curriculum...
...inner-city 24-year-old who is tired of seeing the adulation of selfish and materialistic athletes and musicians, I am grateful that TIME has underscored the real qualities that make a person a hero. Displaying love and empathy for the victims of severe misfortune, those caring people put the true value of the human spirit in the limelight. Your issue on Global Health and altruistic heroes forced me to ask, What kind of man am I if I do not help make this world better? Jesus Garcia Jr. Lynwood, California...
...that TIME profiled [Nov. 7], readers were impressed by the leadership of celebrities in the campaign to improve health care in developing countries. A Michigan reader singled out Bill Gates: "Here is a man brought up with middle-class values, and he chooses to spend his wealth not nurturing selfish dreams and desires but working to ensure that even the poorest people will have their basic medical needs met." Wrote a Seoul reader: "Bono and Bill and Melinda Gates are remarkable individuals with a clear vision of how to make a quantum difference. This is not about giving money...
...Winston Churchill, we truly do "make a life by what we give." Thank you, Time, for opening the eyes and expanding the hearts of all of us. (The Rev.) Hollie Tapley Statesboro, Georgia, U.S. As an inner-city 24-year-old who is tired of seeing the adulation of selfish and materialistic athletes and musicians, I am grateful that Time has underscored the real qualities that make a person a hero. Displaying love and empathy for the victims of severe misfortune, those caring people put the true value of the human spirit in the limelight. Your issue on Global Health...