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What it all boils down to is this: vitamin E probably doesn't prevent heart disease. That doesn't mean it's useless. There is strong evidence from other studies that moderately high doses of vitamin E may delay the onset of macular degeneration and boost the immune system in the elderly. Also, the National Institutes of Health is testing whether vitamin E, with or without selenium, may delay prostate cancer...
...titular “pig iron” refers to the raw crude iron rendered useless for anything except balance, often used in theater fly and pulley systems—and fits nicely with Pig Iron’s self-professed title, the “Theater of Not Lying...
...question: Why now? It is easy to get sentimental about people power. But people power does not always prevail. Indeed, it rarely prevails. It was crushed in Hungary 1956, Czechoslovakia 1968, Tiananmen Square 1989--and Iraq 1991. Matched against tyranny at its point of maximum cruelty, people power is useless...
Besides, these phones are useless. They take low-quality, low-resolution snapshots that are either promptly deleted or used to send inane messages to another superfluous camera phone (“Yo, this room party in Pfoho was off the chain!”). These are not immortalized memories or family portraits. They are unnecessary invasions of my privacy...
...enough of the media's second-guessing the U.S.'s contributions to tsunami-disaster relief. Such criticism only cheapens the aid and compassion we are offering. Instead of expending energy on useless questioning of our generosity and motives, all efforts should be directed toward helping the victims. Tom Nesbitt Keatchie, Louisiana...