| Will 'Amnesty' Sink McCain?
The perennial controversy over what to call McCain's amnesty is silly. Every program in the world that has allowed illegal immigrants to stay has been called an "amnesty." McCain himself called it "amnesty" as recently as May 2003, when he told the Tucson Citizen "I think we can set up a program where amnesty is extended to a certain number of people who are eligible … Amnesty has to be an important part ..." But once the focus-group results were in, "amnesty" became a four-letter word. ...[snip] Real Straight Talk would be to say "Sure, it's an amnesty, but we don't really have any choice" ... P.S.: The McCain, post-focus-group argument is that it can't be "amnesty" if it has some requirements--e.g., to pay a fine, learn English, etc. But it turns out that Ronald Reagan's 1986 "comprehensive" reform, which he and everyone else called an "amnesty," had requirements too, including payment of fees.
Tempting holiday gifts for travellers
Here are some recommendations from experts across the travel industry, from cruise specialists and Web site editors, to Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler and Delta flight attendant David Lang. (Prices quoted are in the United States. Retail prices may vary.) For the trip Recommended by Amy Ziff, Editor-At-Large for Travelocity: Bose noise cancelling headphones ($300-$350), a pure pashmina shawl ($75-$100), a 55-hour IPod Battery Extender ($80), Peace of Mind On-the-spot relief (lotion) from Origins ($10). .
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Research challenges accepted view about compulsive gambling
A Harvard Medical School research study has challenged the medical profession's accepted view of compulsive gambling as a progressive and incurable disorder. Writing in the January 2008 issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Harvard psychiatry instructor Debi LaPlante said the disease "appears to be dynamic, with individuals moving back and forth between health and more disordered states, and with a higher rate of recovery than previously assumed." The finding challenges the official definition of pathological gambling by the American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as "persistent and recurrent." LaPlante said close analysis of five previously published research studies "found no evidence to support the assumption that individuals cannot recover from disordered gambling." That analysis, for instance, found at least 29 percent of problem gamblers over time reported significant improvement.
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