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...would be first up. Enacted in 1986 to make sure the rich don't dodge taxes by taking big deductions for such things as investment expenses and second mortgages, this tax now soaks even the middle class. Next year 1% of all tax filers will pay it--double the percentage of a few years ago. Many AMT victims earn well under $100,000 a year. By 2010, 10% of filers will pay the AMT, a complicated tax that effectively takes back deductions for Everyman expenses like state property and income levies and medical care as well as personal exemptions...
...when you're in an airport, several companies make fancy motion-sensor alarms that beep distressingly if someone tries to walk off with your machine (for example, while you're in a phone booth). The winner here is the Defcon 3 ($129), a laptop case from Targus that has a motion alarm built in. As a Targus representative puts it, the Defcon 3 is "a sexy unit"; no less studly a geek than Harry Connick Jr. carries...
...matter how sexy your unit, make sure before you leave home that your homeowner's or renter's insurance covers your computer while you're on the road. If yours doesn't, there are several firms that specialize in insurance policies specifically for computers. Safeware www.safeware.com will insure a $2,500 laptop for a $96 annual premium. The last lines of defense are, as always, vigilance and common sense. Back up your data, and make sure you have your computer's serial number written down somewhere safe. If your laptop is stolen, that information will help the police...
...years, Carlos Castano and his paramilitary death squads have sown terror among civilians in rural areas of Colombia [WORLD, Nov. 27]. Castano's United Self-Defense Forces, the self-appointed exterminators of leftist rebels, label civilians as guerrilla sympathizers and thus make them "legitimate" targets of brutal attacks. Your article's semiheroic depiction of Castano failed to mention that he is responsible for the murder of dozens of peasants, indigenous leaders, union workers, academics, journalists and human-rights activists. JAUME VIDAL CASANOVAS ANA MARIA GOMEZ LOPEZ Washington...
Finally the fallacy of American democracy has been unmasked, revealing to the whole world that the government "of the people, by the people and for the people" is sheer baloney. In the next U.S. presidential election, the world community should send observers to make sure the whole process takes place without any irregularities. Brazil should cash in and export thousands of its electronic ballot boxes to teach Uncle Sam how to count votes. MARCILIO AFONSO Recife, Brazil...