Recently added articles from The Christian Science Monitor:

Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

May 08, 2008 ... What being a 'war hero' means in politics Regarding Charles Derber and Yale Magrass's April 14 Opinion piece, "What does it mean to call McCain a 'war hero' candidate?": If a hero is somebody who does something above and beyond the call of duty, John McCain himself would be the ...

Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

May 07, 2008 ... China cannot explain away its past aggressive policies Regarding Xu Wu's recent Opinion piece on Western misconceptions about China: The piece suggests that if historical behavior has contemporary relevance, China's nonaggressive behavior in the past may be taken as a guide to ...

Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

May 06, 2008 ... Best to wait for Zimbabwe's votes to be validated In response to your April 16 editorial, "Endgames for Zimbabwe's Mugabe": The recent elections in Zimbabwe have been declared free and fair by external observers. But everybody knows there is no such thing as a perfect, flawless ...

Gasoline tax reprieve: an idea running on empty.(Money & Values)

May 05, 2008; Francis, David R. ... Byline: David R. Francis The small cartoon on the Tax Policy Center's website shows a man's head with a gaping hole through it and the words "Stupid Tax Trick." The words refer to the proposal by Republican Sen. John McCain to suspend the 18.4 cents per gallon federal excise tax ...

Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

May 05, 2008 ... The US should host new Taiwan president In response to the April 14 article, "China's 'silent treatment' of Taiwan closer to ending": While China seizes fresh opportunities to reengage with Taiwan - offered by the March 22 presidential electoral victory of Kuomintang (KMT) ...

Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

May 02, 2008 ... Israeli ex-soldiers' testimony helps resolve corruption In response to the April 25 article, "Israeli ex-soldiers expose abuse": As an unbiased observer, being neither Jewish nor Palestinian, I think that the soldiers who have been brave and conscientious enough to report the ...

Letters to the Editor.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

May 01, 2008 ... Should local police enforce federal immigration policy? Regarding Nik Steinberg's April 24 Opinion piece, "Don't make police squeal on illegal immigrants": Here is another writer confusing illegal and legal immigrants. Citizens do not object to legal foreign workers or those ...