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...brutalizing those who oppose Robert Mugabe [June 30-July 7] consists of drugged gangs backed by some of the most corrupt party élites, bureaucrats and military officers in the world. The interests of this crony class - not just Mugabe himself - will have to be addressed to achieve any sort of regime change. And once that happens, the culture of corruption and the self-serving cynicism of politicians will have to go. Tjarda Barratt, Elnora, Canada...
...This sham of an election brings into question the integrity of all nations that champion democracy and freedom. If Zimbabwe had colossal oil reserves, would we see this sort of timidity from the country's neighbors and the Western powers? Why do we let corruption and death run rampant in countries like Rwanda and Zimbabwe when billions of dollars and thousands of lives are spent in Iraq? The so-called overseers of human rights - from the U.S. to the U.N. - have little more legitimacy than callous dictators like Mugabe. Daniel Kowbell, Toronto...
...Madonna is 27 months older than Ciccone, and she snatched his innocence around the same time she was surrendering her own. She gives him his first joint, his first ecstasy pill, his first visit to a gay club. These events foreshadowed a peculiar sort of sibling bond. Consider: Both lost their virginity in the backseats of cars to guys named Russell. True to form, he notes, she "bests" him even here: her dalliance took place in a Cadillac, his in a Datsun. It was clear during her childhood in Michigan, Ciccone says, that Madonna wasn't shy about deploying...
...weeks after TWA Flight 800 blew up, I sat through interview after interview on television as the country tried to sort out what could have gone wrong. Yet it was difficult for me to reassure the public when I knew about the FAA's sloppy safety and security record. To be sure, many FAA field employees are hardworking civil servants who have devoted their careers to aviation. They fly all the time, and so do their families and friends. Many FAA inspectors helped my office with investigations, reports and testimony before Congress. Senior FAA officials tried to reach compromises with...
...questions about protests on the final night in Denver. Convention organizers have not yet announced the procedures for ticketing the public for the event, though they say they hope to open the doors to at least some members of the public. "We do want to give some sort of preference to the local folks," said Natalie Wyeth, a spokeswoman for the Democratic convention. "We're working through those details...