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...effect of a common currency on the cost of living in the European Union: Peter Gumbel made no mention of Britain, an E.U. country that has spurned the euro and kept its pound sterling. Wouldn't a comparison of economic conditions in Britain and those in other E.U. nations tell us something about whether the common currency is to blame for some of the ills mentioned? Alan Campbell, Cape Town, South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...Vietnam heroes who came home to unfair treatment. It's not too late to pay our respects. I would gladly pay taxes to give every Vietnam combat veteran a full college scholarship and proper medical care. And I'm sure there is much more that the veterans can tell us about--when they see that we really care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Apr. 2, 2007 | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...exaggerating its claim. Fundamentalist pastor John Hagee has complained that The Bible and Its Influence, a curriculum Kendrick uses in her class, could "greatly damage" youth too callow to "decipher" what he called its misrepresentations of Scripture. He cited its observation that contrary to Christianity, "other origin stories tell of ... gods who themselves are created." Hagee thundered that this could convince a student that polytheism is as valid as monotheism. But evangelical pundit Chuck Colson favors Bible-literacy courses. "Would I prefer a more explicitly biblical Christian teaching?" he asks. "Of course. But you can't do that in public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Teaching The Bible | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...Bible and Its Influence, but as a starting point rather than a blueprint. "It gives me ways to approach the topic, and then I put together something else," she says. She's unconvinced of its impartiality. "It will bring up Catholicism and mention Gandhi, but you can tell it's written as if I am a Protestant Christian teaching Protestant Christians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case for Teaching The Bible | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...appear in the ranks of Darfur's feared Janjaweed militia - at least that's according to leaders of the rebel forces fighting against the government-backed Arab supremacists that have rained terror on the region's ethnic African villages. Leaders of Darfur's rebel groups based in eastern Chad tell TIME that they believe several Janjaweed leaders are now close to joining the rebels. Their defection would be spurred by fear that the Sudan government may betray Janjaweed commanders to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where they would face war crimes charges. And the rebels seem remarkably ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defections in Darfur? | 3/21/2007 | See Source »

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