Our society tends to ignore issues affecting the elderly, particularly when those issues revolve around "sensitive" subject like sex. Articles like this one, which combats myth and misconception, highlighting once taboo topics are welcome. However, the writer chose to perpetuate other misconceptions. "Those who have attended college are less likely to have sexual problems than the less-educated, Laumann said, presumably because the educated tend to dismiss myths about sex and aging and are more likely to seek out answers." Did the researcher's study address the that concern? "Presumably" suggests that the study did not look at the relationship between a older person's socioeconomic status , with which there may be a ... More »

Articles like this help readers appreciate the scope of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. I would like to know more, however, about the role international banking plays in the Sudanese government's agricultural export plans. Third world countries, like Sudan, seeking international loans are usually desperate to prove they are active in the competitive world market. While the results of placing the desire for international exports over the needs to the citizenry may ultimately be completely self-serving, Khartoum is certainly not alone in devaluing the worth of Darfurians. It would appear international lenders prefer to gamble on business or government consumers in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

I am a disabled vet and the mother-in-law of a deployed servicemember. I applaud any effort to stir the public's conscious. As a photojournalism student, the article spurred me to ask myself some important questions about my interest in one day covering miltary news.

Max is fortunate to have parents with insurance and the financial resources a family needs to tackle a emotional disability (ED). ED children from families that lack the knowledge and resources to explore diagnosis and treatment too often end up in foster care. An ED increases risk of abuse (child on family member, pet, etc....parent or sibling on ED child) within the home. A low socioeconomic ED person is less likely to receive treatment as an alternative to incareceration. It would be enlightening to read a follow-up article that features a parent who was forced to give up custody so a child could receive treatment.

Wright is to be commended for presenting a cursery outline of two publicly known and official peace intiatives in the Middle East. Unfortunately however, the piece merely echoes the tired and perhaps ill-thought opinion that America should and must have an active role in Middle East politics.