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...Nazi propaganda machine was infamous for portraying Jews as vermin who had infested Europe. I take the greatest offense to Klein's reference to Jewish communities, "settlements," situated over the Green Line as "an infestation that most Palestinians, rightly, consider a continuous invasion of their land." His opinion of their legality is a separate issue, but his choice of language is debasing and dehumanizing. Ardie Geldman, EFRAT, ISRAEL
Chasing the Taliban How to take on the Taliban [March 8]? The real question should be, Why are we fighting the Taliban? If we are victorious, then what? There is no concrete government in Afghanistan, and when there was, corruption was the rule, not the exception. We cannot afford to continue propping up puppet regimes worldwide. Haven't we learned a lesson from Iraq? David Walker Dartmouth, Mass...
...telescope at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico. Because every feature of each galaxy had to be categorized by at least 20 people - having multiple classifications of the same object is important because it helps scientists assess how reliable each one is - astronomers estimated it would take three to five years to categorize all million galaxies...
...Among some journalists at the Guardian, the belief is that Lebedev will be more cautious and drop the price of the daily paper from ?1 to 50 pence in order to undercut the competition. This strategy is certainly more realistic. Lebedev can afford to take the financial risk, having made a fortune through the $668 million sale of his stake in Aeroflot, the Russian airline, and other businesses in his native country earlier this year...
...tussle over a package of wide-ranging constitutional reforms that was due to be introduced to parliament on Friday, whose purpose is to reverse changes made by previous military rulers, trim the power of the presidency, and alter the procedure for Supreme Court appointments. The bill would take Supreme Court appointments out of the hands of the president, who now makes nominations after consulting with the chief justice, and place them before a government legal committee that also includes several justices. Unlike the present system, judges would have to be confirmed by a parliamentary vote...