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...Sachs missed one important issue: the rights of women trying to survive in repressive patriarchal societies. As long as women in AIDS-infected areas are forced to have sex with philandering husbands and have no birth control, they will have babies they cannot feed and care for. Without the basic human right of self-determination, there is no way those women can achieve economic and political independence. Christina Zecca Greve, Italy...
...region. What we do know is that both Afghanistan and Iraq are war zones. Thousands have been killed and their homes destroyed. Terrorism is on the rise. We have alienated our allies and encouraged our enemies to seek nuclear arms, and at home we are cutting funding for basic programs while increasing the military budget and the deficit. I for one am not cheering. Danny Boyer Mill Valley, California...
...Krauthammer's "Three Cheers for the Bush Doctrine" [March 14] was narrow-minded and premature. We can't judge at this early stage whether democracy will take hold in the Middle East. Terrorism is on the rise. We have alienated our allies. At home we are cutting funding for basic programs. I for one am not cheering...
There are many such devices on the market, and they're quite easy to use. They come in three basic flavors: pocket drives (the iPod qualifies as one), portable drives and desktop drives. The more compact the drive, the more you'll pay per gigabyte of storage space. For example: Seagate's nifty pocket model, which resembles a yoyo, provides 5 GB of storage for about $200 or less, depending on where you buy (compare prices at cnet.com; for product details, see seagate.com). Seagate's larger yet slim 100 GB portable runs about $220 and up. The Maxtor OneTouch...
...believe that the American public, to one degree or another, holds that disabled people are better off dead. To put it in a simpler way, many Americans are bigots. A close examination of the facts of the Schiavo case reveals not a case of difficult decisions but a basic test of this country’s decency...