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7.8.02 @ 12:01AM

THE MATTER WITH TRUST
Re: Francis X. Rocca's "Baby" Talk:

Re: Mr. Rocca's editorial on the New Yorker article. I saw a Newsweek article where a couple were "blessed" with six children due to fertility drugs. Asked how they were going to support their children now on their limited income, they replied that they were going to "trust in God." I find it interesting that now they plan to trust in God, but when it came to the God-like act of making babies they were perfectly willing to trust in technology and take these matters into their own hands.
-- Anna Ashley
Gulf Shores, AL

HOSED CAPADES
Re: George Neumayr's Dirty Gray:

In his report, Mr. Neumayr reports that the Gray Davis got a $25,000 campaign contribution from Oracle after they got a $95 million contract from the state!

First, how can a company give that much to one candidate? I thought that was illegal even before the ridiculous McCain-Feingold bill.

Second, this is the best reason for California voters to get rid of Grayout Davis! Not the extortion of Oracle, but Davis is obviously a horrible deal maker -- only $25,000 on a $95 million contract? That's only .026 % or .0026!

He got hosed!
-- Greg Barnard
Franklin, TN

OUCHERS
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Friedman at Last!:

What would Mr. Friedman think if he knew the federal government has taken his voucher idea, added some new laws "as a condition of funding," and used it as the means of expanding the public school monopoly by turning private schools into the same type of schools the voucher recipients are trying to escape? This has occurred.
Please see details, including documentation, at http://www.educationnews.org/public_schools.htm.

With best regards,
-- Ginny Baker

TOM CRUISING
Re: Enemy Central's Cruise Control:

Excellent choice. I just wonder why anyone listens to these people at all anymore. Being actors they're used to having people put words in their mouths; you just wonder who it was this time?

I'm about ready to install my newest bumper sticker, "EARTH FIRST, we can strip mine the other planets later." That ought to get a few comments from EOW wannabes.
-- Roger Ross
Tomahawk, WI

COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS
Re: Bill Croke's Rocky Mountain Bohemia:

Many thanks to Bill Croke for his article on living on $8000.00 a year. I am a free-lance writer and bookseller with a family and debts, and it was inspiring (as well as informative) to read of his own struggles. It encouraged me to go on; it also made me aware that there are a number of things I could cut in my own life to reduce debt.

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