[ladysusan]

I blame George Bush, et al, for offering money to compensate life in this deal. It should never have been done. Life can be short, brutal and nasty. Nothing in the Constitution guarantees it won't be.


The writer of the article suggests we send a dollar to the illiterate children of Afghanistan. She's no better than the people she pretends to critique. Her fix is the same; money, false guilt and hypocritical piety! Makes me want to run for the exit door.

One REAL shame is that this type of lame hogwash passes for intellectual rigor and insightful review.

[Conservababe]

The writer of the article suggests we send a dollar to the illiterate children of Afghanistan.

Actually, it was President Bush who requested that American children send a dollar to an Afgan child.

But let me add that I only agree with the author's characterization of the victims. I do not agree with her moral equivelency of global crisis.