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Russian news reports are quoting President Dmitri Medvedev ordering a halt to Russian military action in Georgia.

Some thoughts, which should be obvious to most, to help keep the battle going:1. The "most pledged delegates" or "highest popular vote" arguments are meaningless. The only important fact is that Obama (so far) has not won enough delegates for a first-ballot victory. What that means is that he has failed (so far) to win the nomination. I know everyone knows this, but Obama-backers and media types keep acting like there's some kind of moral "obligation" to give it to the guy in the lead. I can assure them that Republicans would feel no obligation whatsoever to give the nomination...

<p>NORTHVILLE -- For more than a generation, we've been "drugging" our unruly children to calm them down. And in doing so, we have risked damaging their young brains and setting them up for long-term drug addiction -- or so we have been warned.</p>

A Message from the Editor A "Web Special" editorial for 9/11/01 The editorial reproduced below originally appeared in Analog for October 1998. I quote it in its entirety here because it seems even more timely now than then. And even scarier. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– THE FERMI PLAGUE I think I know the answer. I hope I'm wrong, because what I'm suggesting is scary. But it's uncomfortably plausible. . . . The question is the one commonly known as "the Fermi paradox" and summed up in three words: "Where are they?" Many lines of scientific research suggest that the evolution of life ...

Untold stories in Elian case expose media bias By Henry Payne Elian Gonzalez is returning to Cuba with his father, Juan Miguel. But before this epic tale ends, there is a final chapter in the Elian saga that needs to be written. &nbsp; &nbsp; Absent compelling evidence to the contrary, public sympathies will favor family reunification in child custody cases. Understandably, public opinion polls consistently supported Elian&#146;s return to his father in Cuba. &nbsp; &nbsp; But compelling evidence did exist &#151; of Cuba&#146;s oppressive hold on children, of government coercion of Elian&#146;s father, of back-room deals between the U.S. and ...