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05/30/2008: "U.S. News, 26 May - 2 June 2008, Letters Rebuttals"

John Patrick Keelan said that he'll start using CFL when the government stops wasting energy in Iraq. Apparently he prefers to follow than to lead and also has no interest in saving money. Ach, weel, to each his own.

Dianne Wolf implies that sweaters are a good way to keep warm if you set your thermostats lower in the winter. While true, hats are better. Remember you lose most of your body heat through your head. Just don't overdo it; you don't want to be the winner of the Darwin award for managing to die of heat-stroke in the middle of winter.

While Warren D. Bowman makes some excellent points about the need for change, his position on population control is at least 50 years out of date. Reputable social scientists have clearly shown that we are not on the brink of disaster due to unchecked population growth. However, such arguments are still used in parts of the world for population control, in other words: eugenics.

It is people of Guy Sudano's mental limitations that are causing the increases in teenage pregnancy and STD incidence in this country. He is quite adept at parroting someone else's misstatement of fact (that increased condom usage in South Africa has led to increased incidence of HIV), and equally clearly unable to think on his own to any great degree. More condoms are being handed out in South Africa (and other places), but unless the cultural stigma of using them is removed, they will be ignored.