-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! _____--------********O********--------______ FOR THE RECORD (Harper's Index) Percentage change since 1991 in the number of U.S. babies abandoned after leaving the hospital : +61 Ratio of the number of Africans killed by AIDS last year to the number killed by warfare : 19:1 Factor by which the number of sovereign countries today exceeds the number in 1945 : 3 Estimated change in the size of the Russian population last year : -800,000 Change in the number of Russian voters registered in the three months prior to Vladimir Putin's election : +1,298,090 Average number of Palestinians killed per day by Israeli security forces in the six years preceding the 1993 Oslo accord : 0.4 Average number killed per day in the two weeks following Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount last fall : 5.1 Number of New York Times articles in 1990, 1992, and 1999, respectively, that mentioned the "peace dividend" : 152, 64, 9 Number of known asteroids whose size and orbital trajectories render them "potentially hazardous" to Earth : 258 Amount the U.S. Army plans to pay the entertainment industry this year to develop training videos for combat : $45,000,000 Rank of Bill Clinton among the "most important people in the world today," according to U.S. schoolchildren : 1 Rank of the Pope and God, respectively : 2, 19 Rank of "myself" : 11 ______--------********O********--------______ POLICY PAGES & POINTS OF INTEREST (NOTE: For our subscribers with WWW access, if the URL line breaks, please select, copy and paste the entire link address into your browser's target address field.) Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors Cato Policy Analysis No. 391 http://cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-391es.html ______--------********O********--------______ READER COMMENTS (To submit an editorial comment or read other comments, link to: http://www.Federalist.com/postededs.asp) "I believe the Federalist is a splendid piece of journalism on the order of Thomas Paines´ pamphlets. However, the Federalist does itself no good to deny that the proximate cause of the Civil War was slavery. I agree that in excoriating the damning institution of slavery, the warring factions also greatly harmed the theretofore constitutional balance between Federal power and State power. But, recognizing the harm to states rights does not in anyway diminish the horror of slavery. To blame Lincoln for the South´s secession is to blame one of the few people of the time who so loved all Americans." Editor's Reply: We knew that advancing a challenging perspective of Abraham Lincoln's presidency on the event of his birthday would ruffle some feathers. For the record, The Federalist is not a lapdog for anyone -- including the "Father of the Republican Party." While the Civil War -- including its causes and Lincoln's actions -- remains an important subject of discussion among informed scholars, suffice it to say that Walter Williams's commentary aptly sums up our studied opinion of that horrendous and, arguably, avoidable conflagration. This does not make us racist advocates of that truly heinous institution -- slavery. Nor does it imply that Mr. Lincoln never had a good thought. However, our position certainly asserts: "This is not your father's Lincoln"! "There were many reasons for the Civil War, some noble, some not, on both sides. But it is not as simple as just 'states rights', and I say this as a states rights enthusiast." Editor's Reply: Indeed, it was not so simple as "slavery" or "states rights," but the implications of Lincoln's rhetoric and actions on the Constitution and federalism were clear. "Thank you for all you provide, but especially for the links clarifying the effects of Abraham Lincoln's actions and the reasons for the 'Civil War.' Sad that historical facts are often lost, but with venues such as The Federalist available, I am confident that the truth will prevail. Hail, fellow federalists!" Editor's Reply: Of course, history, as noted by General R.E. Lee, is written by the victor. "Wonder how many people died because Reagan was convinced by the religious right that AIDS was gods (sic) punishment on gays. Bet I don't see you addressing this in your column." Editor's Reply: We estimate that number to be precisely equivalent to the number of homosexuals not taking responsibility for their reckless sexual proclivities. AIDS is, and remains, entirely preventable. "You predicted George W. 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