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...Great - a critic got a taste of his own medicine [Sept. 25]. But I read on and found out Grossman had experienced the cyberslander that is so prevalent in Internet blogging. Unfortunately, the Internet has allowed anyone with a computer to pretend to be an expert on anything. No matter how uninformed, unintelligent or unrestrained people may be, they can declare themselves authorities and everyone else complete idiots. Since our society loves sensationalism over substance, such ranting gets more attention than legitimate literature. So maybe the bloggers are right after all. Perhaps trying to produce a thoughtful, responsible opinion makes...
...calm about setbacks in life. Thinking about him after hearing the news, I remembered that he never complained about how hard school was, or how difficult life could be at times. He always showed a positive predisposition towards life—I never saw him panicking over some unimportant matter; I never saw him complain about the little setbacks that everybody experiences in his/her life. Hui was a “chill” person, calm and gentle, funny, responsible, kind and positive. From him, I learn this lesson today: don’t panic when life doesn?...
...chair of the UC’s Student Affairs Committee, Ryan A. Petersen ’08, said that UC representatives planned to meet with Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles today to discuss the matter...
...defense for readiness, wants to put a stop to the losses by making it more difficult to cross at this already forbidding place. "It's like a water leak," he says, "they take the path of least resistance." But how to make that path more resistant is a matter of some debate. In many ways, the give-and-take over how to secure this essential piece of military real estate reflects two dominant theories on how to secure our border: More walls or more eyes...
...nuclear weapon yesterday (as opposed to a smaller, cruder device, which may be just as plausible). How big a disaster would that really be? For years, intelligence estimates have said that North Korea already had the material for several nuclear bombs. Most analysts believed that it was only a matter of time before Kim went nuclear. Compared to India's nuclear test in 1998, which really did take the U.S. by surprise, North Korea's announcement was practically a foregone conclusion...