Entries from July 2010

Afghan War

July 27th, 2010 by tom | No Comments

Afghan War

July 26, 2010 – New York Times
Leaked Documents Offer Candid Look at Afghan War

To the Editor:
Re “The Afghan Struggle: A Secret Archive” (“The War Logs,” front page, July 26):•
To the Editor:
It should come as no surprise that Pakistan has been aiding the Taliban (“Pakistan Spy Unit Aiding Insurgents, Reports Suggest,” “The War Logs,” front [...]


Helping Afghan Women

July 25th, 2010 by tom | No Comments

Helping Afghan Women

Letters to Insight – San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Helping Afghan women
Barbara Lee is right. Women’s rights in Afghanistan are not being protected by the U.S. military occupation (“Rights advocates fear for women if U.S. withdraws,” July 22) because organizations that could benefit women are, for the most part, restricted [...]


“Climate Change” vs. “Global Warming”

July 21st, 2010 by tom | No Comments

“Climate Change” vs. “Global Warming”

San Francisco Chronicle – Letters to the editor
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Worse than warming
Words matter, and it is misleading of The Chronicle to frame “Climategate” as, simply, a “warming debate.” CO{-2} increase in the atmosphere results in multiple climate changes as temperature and air and water currents are affected, resulting in different [...]