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February 6, 2005

Adult Life Expectancy

Response to Nicholas Kristof’s column.
To the Editor:
Before wading in and advising Liberals how to play poker, Nicholas Kristof would be wise to learn whether a straight beats two pair. In his column, “Social Security Poker,” he has confused the terms “life expectancy” and “life span.”
He writes, “The Social Security Administration estimates that U.S. life expectancy [...]

January 5, 2005

To Diane Feinstein - Alberto Gonzales

Dear Senator Feinstein,
I am writing to you to urge that you very strongly oppose the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be Attorney General of the United States.
I believe that his behavior as White House Counsel and as legal counsel to then Governor Bush shows him to be a man with no respect for the rule [...]