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feed text China on the capitalist road
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT
A regime that killed millions now rules with a lighter, somewhat whimsical touch.

A regime that killed millions now rules with a lighter, somewhat whimsical touch.



text Preventing prison rape
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT
A 2008 survey shows that 1 in 10 state prison inmates reported that they had been sexually assaulted while serving time. The Justice Department has finalized regulations to address the problem.

A 2008 survey shows that 1 in 10 state prison inmates reported that they had been sexually assaulted while serving time. The Justice Department has finalized regulations to address the problem.



text The Golden Gate Bridge's fatal flaw
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT
San Francisco's famed bridge is a public health hazard; it needs adequate barriers to stop suicides.

San Francisco's famed bridge is a public health hazard; it needs adequate barriers to stop suicides.



text Not so fast on FISA
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT
Congress is still owed more information from the Obama administration about the way the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act have been implemented.

Four years ago Congress authorized the electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists and foreign agents located outside the United States, with provisions that supporters said would adequately protect the privacy of Americans. On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to extend those provisions, which expire at the end of the year, until 2017, and the chairman and vice chairman of the committee urged "quick action by the Senate and House to enact this extension."



text An all-male college's future
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT
It is up to Deep Springs College, in California's high desert, to decide whether to go coed. Something would be lost, but something else would be gained.

Deep Springs College, an unusual liberal arts school cum cattle ranch and alfalfa farm, offers manual labor, intense academic study and close-knit community living in an isolated valley in California's high desert. The highly regarded two-year college has a student body of just 26, and for the 95 years of its existence, it has been all-male.



New media have made it possible for the public to know more about a patient's situation than the individual does, as the case of Aimee Copeland shows.

New media have made it possible for the public to know more about a patient's situation than the individual does, as the case of Aimee Copeland shows.



text Letters to the editor
Mon, 5 Oct 2009 08:53:21 PDT