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One Of The Great Failings Of The American Education System (in Our View) Is That Young People Can Graduate From University Without Any Understanding Of Poverty At Home Or Abroad.

If The U.s. Wants To Help People In Tsunami-hit Countries Like Sri Lanka And Indonesia - Not To Mention Other Poor Countries In Africa - There's One Step That Would Cost Us Nothing And Would Save Hundreds Of Thousands Of Lives. It Would Be To Allow Ddt In Malaria-ravaged Countries.

Americans Have Called On Moderates In Muslim Countries To Speak Out Against Extremists, To Stand Up For The Tolerance They Say They Believe In. We Should All Have The Guts Do The Same At Home.

The News Media's Silence, Particularly Television News, Is Reprehensible. If We Knew As Much About Darfur As We Do About Michael Jackson, We Might Be Able To Stop These Things From Continuing.

Sandy Was Particularly Destructive Because It Was Prevented From Moving Back Out To Sea By A "blocking Pattern" Associated With The Jet Stream. There's Debate About This, But One Recent Study Suggested That Melting Sea Ice In The Arctic May Lead To Such Blocking.