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America's Medicated Warriors I fear the fate of these brave soldiers 20 years from now [June 16]. In 2002 my brother Bill, a combat infantryman decorated with three Bronze Stars, took his life on the 34th anniversary of his return home from Vietnam. He was proud of his service but said that in order to survive, he saw and did awful things he could never talk about. I don't know what the answer is, but post-traumatic stress disorder and depression have to be treated with more than a Band-Aid like Prozac. The Department of Veterans Affairs...
...Internet Wars Thanks for Josh Quittner's excellent article on who will rule the Internet [June 16]. He's right that the mobile platform is increasingly the primary interface for millions, but it might not be the iPhone. Here in the U.S., we are far behind in the mobile revolution. Powerful handheld computers with features like wi-fi have been available in other countries for a while, and in these countries, Symbian is already a leader in the smart-phone OS market. Regan Coleman, Austin, Texas...
...Israel's Rising Star In his otherwise good report on Israeli leader Tzipi Livni, Tim McGirk states, "She broke with her parents' Zionist views; friends say she'd rather have a peaceful Israel to bequeath to her children" [June 16]. I didn't realize that for Israelis, having nationalistic feelings and a desire to live in peace are mutually exclusive. Robert Isler, Fair Lawn...
...Kudos for Coldplay When critics rant over the success of Coldplay, they give away the real reason they dislike the band [June 16]. Its music is clean. I am grateful to Coldplay for making music that a 40-plus mom can listen to with her teens without hitting the mute during the disgusting parts. Elizabeth Fifielski, Meridian, Idaho...
Games People Play While it may be interesting that China is working hard to present itself as a benevolent power on the world stage, why do we ignore the cost of its goals [June 30]? When did it become acceptable for a 14-year-old girl to be taken from her home and forced to become a weight lifter? When did we start to treat such actions as nothing more than growing pains? America didn't become the world's athletic powerhouse by placing athletes in servitude. It didn't search rural Alabama for Jesse Owens, take him from...