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...commentary on suicide bombers, "Why We Blow Ourselves Up" [VIEWPOINT, April 8], psychiatrist Eyad Sarraj wrote that in the Koran, "God promised Muslims who sacrificed themselves for the sake of Islam" would not die but would "live on in paradise." This explanation highlights one of the most important reasons it is so difficult to attain peace in the Middle East: too many people misguidedly believe that something of a human being remains after death and that this something will experience pain and pleasure. The suffering resulting from this belief is unspeakably tragic. We need to strive for a better life...
Extensive efforts have also been taken to deal with the audience-addressing chorus that presents Sweeney’s story. In order to clarify the viewpoint, the story now emanates from the mind of one of the central characters, the oft stepped-upon Tobias...
Sheffield has an athletic versatility that has served him beyond baseball. Growing up in Woodland Hills, Calif., he was captain of Viewpoint High’s soccer team in addition to being a two-time captain of the baseball team. A few seniors on the Harvard team have taken to calling him “Country Club,” a play on his affinity for and skill at golf and racquet sports. Walsh attributes the sobriquet to Chaney’s overall athleticism, but Sheffield has another explanation...
Columnist Charles Krauthammer is right that Israel cannot accept Saudi Prince Abdullah's peace-for-land plan, but he omitted the strongest reason: the proposal is founded on a discredited idea [VIEWPOINT, March 11]. The 1947 U.N. partition plan suggested the same trade-off. Idealistically, Israel accepted. In response, the Arabs started a war. The 1993 Oslo agreement too was based on the idea of land for peace. Naively, Israel handed over not only land but also money and weapons. The Palestinians used them to create a terrorist state, complete with arms shipments from Iran and the blatant refusal...
Andrew Sullivan gave powerful words to the deep sense of loss and betrayal so many American Catholics are experiencing because of the widespread sexual abuse of children by priests [VIEWPOINT, March 4]. The cover-up of their behavior by our bishops is shocking. The damage to these children, their families and the people of our church has broken the bond of sacred trust that once held us together in community. MARY KAY COLEMAN San Jose, Calif...