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...over which people feel largely powerless--terrorist cells in the suburbs, underground Iraqi bioweapons labs--a fixation on solvable, specific mysteries is strangely soothing? The public may not yet have made much of a difference capturing terrorists, but thanks to mass alerts that deputized thousands of citizens at a stroke, it has succeeded in bringing home a child or two. At least it's something. At least it makes a dent...
BEER CHEER Suds fans toasted themselves last week when a Wall Street Journal article suggested that a beer might offer more protection against coronary disease, stroke and hypertension than the much touted glass of red wine. While both grape and brew have their champions, other researchers say it's the alcohol in moderation--no matter the form--that delivers the health benefit...
...Bush Administration continues to embrace a policy--at home and around the world--of pure inaction at best. In a stroke of unilateralism the White House announced it wouldn't even try to fix a decade- in-the-making international agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, to address global warming. That position abandons the work of 160 nations begun with the approval of President Bush's father...
...over which people feel largely powerless - terrorist cells in the suburbs, underground Iraqi bioweapons labs - a fixation on solvable, specific mysteries is strangely soothing? The public may not yet have made much of a difference capturing terrorists, but thanks to mass alerts that deputized thousands of citizens at a stroke, it has succeeded in bringing home a child or two. At least it's something. At least it makes a dent. Exactly how big a dent is hard to know. The statistics on child abductions are unreliable, unable to settle the matter of whether such crimes are growing more common...
...Effleurage: A two-handed Swedish-massage technique using a smooth, gliding stroke to relax soft tissue...