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...Pelosi works. Her fellow Californian Jane Harman, its ranking member, wants the job, but Pelosi doesn't particularly like Harman, so speculation is that Pelosi could go to the next in line, Florida's Alcee Hastings. That would please the black caucus, but there's no small political problem in the fact that in 1989 Hastings was impeached by the (Democratic) House and removed by the (Democratic) Senate from his federal judgeship for conspiring to take a $150,000 bribe (although he had been acquitted in court). Pelosi must also deal with a potentially bitter and ideological race...
...free market. Free in all senses of the word, in terms of goods and services and in terms of labor too. You cannot have an efficient and prosperous economy, even in the U.S., without developing a single, free market. On the other hand, I realize how important the immigration problem is for Americans. It is the same for Mexico. Every year we lose the best of our people: young, responsible, hardworking people. In Mexico you see a lot of towns made up of only women and the elderly. That is not exactly the country we want to have. I believe...
...Sullivan's words of wisdom on fundamentalism and spiritual doubt need to be broadcast worldwide. Unfortunately those who are committed to absolutist religious (or political or economic) doctrines are incapable of participating in the kind of open-ended creative problem solving our present world situation requires. Rosalie Taylor Howlett London, Canada...
...Apparently, the source of the metal contaminants was machinery that had worn down. Perrigo picked up on the problem during a quality control check, and so far, government officials do not believe the contamination was intentional...
...Indeed, a similar, but narrower, legal action was brought in Germany in 2004, which also sought the prosecution of Rumsfeld. The case provoked an angry response from Pentagon, and Rumsfeld himself was reportedly upset. Rumsfeld's spokesman at the time, Lawrence DiRita, called the case a "a big, big problem." U.S. officials made clear the case could adversely impact U.S.-Germany relations, and Rumsfeld indicated he would not attend a major security conference in Munich, where he was scheduled to be the keynote speaker, unless Germany disposed of the case. The day before the conference, a German prosecutor announced...