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Candidate Conundrum
Tweet Share on Facebook July 28, 2008 CommentIn "Taking On a Perilous World" [June 23-30], you discussed the upcoming election between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain by implying that neither candidate could possibly live up to the strong stance against terrorism that the Bush administration has demonstrated.
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The Art of Discipline
Tweet Share on Facebook July 28, 2008 Comment (1)Research tells us that spanking reduces the child's misbehavior, but only temporarily, and spanking does not suppress misbehavior in the long run ["A Good Parent's Dilemma: Is It Bad to Spank?" June 23-30].
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A Welcome to War Heroes
Tweet Share on Facebook July 28, 2008 Comment (4)Don't surrender military history just yet ["War Sells, but Not in Class," June 23-June 30].
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New Orleans Revisited
Tweet Share on Facebook July 28, 2008 Comment (2)How can you devote a three-page update on rebuilding New Orleans without figures on the billions of dollars taxpayers have been forced to pay for this ["The Road Back Home," June 23-30]?
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An Uneducated Electorate?
Tweet Share on Facebook July 23, 2008 Comment (2)After the debacle of the first four years with President George W. Bush, I, and many others, were dumbfounded when he got re-elected. This is enough testimony in itself to substantiate the Q&A with Rick Shenkman, "The Ignorant American Voter" [June 23-30].
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Fed Up With Debt
Tweet Share on Facebook July 23, 2008 Comment (3)In a political season where government fiscal responsibility has received short shrift, the presumptive presidential nominees of both parties would do well to heed the mantra of the Blue Dog Democrats articulated in "Attacking the Deficit" [June 23-30].
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On Lobbies and Legislation
Tweet Share on Facebook July 23, 2008 Comment (1)Michael Barone's "In Defense of Lobbyists" [June 23-30] was a whole page and he didn't once address the problem: lobbying equals bribery.
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Life is Not a Dream for Many
Tweet Share on Facebook July 23, 2008 Comment (1)Mortimer Zuckerman's "The American Dream Goes On" [June 23-30] caused amazement, even consternation.
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Presidents and Policies
Tweet Share on Facebook July 16, 2008 CommentIn a sea of platitudes and asinine commentaries offered daily by the press, "One Voice on Foreign Policy" [June 16] is a welcome, refreshing piece.
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Children's Hospital Gives Hope
Tweet Share on Facebook July 15, 2008 Comment (8)After reading your issue America's Best Children's Hospitals [June 9], I felt compelled to write to you and tell you about our recent and ongoing experience with, what I believe, is the best Children's facility in the United States: Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis.
