http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion en-us 2008-03-07T23:00:54Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/11/08/us_attorney_defends_record?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages REGARDING YOUR Oct. 30 front-page story, " Prosecutions plunge in tenure of US attorney ": If you compare my tenure with the previous one, you will see an increase in cases, not a decrease. During the most recent five-year period, we filed a total of 1,942 criminal cases, with a one-year high of 496 and a low of 330, as ... 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/11/08/privacy_must_not_be_casualty_of_protest?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages I AM certain that when he has a sensitive medical issue, Leif Nilsson would want the choice to keep the details between him and his doctor. However, apparently he believes not everyone deserves that choice. In his Nov. 6 letter " Clinic protesters show true images ," he insinuates that women overlook what it means to have an abortion, and ... 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/11/08/waterboarding_and_its_critics?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages SUSAN NICHOLSON'S Nov. 5 letter " Three strikes against Bush's AG pick " misses the mark. First, she says that Mukasey should be disqualified because "he does not know whether waterboarding constitutes torture." What she misses is that Congress - and aren't the Democrats in the majority there? - have had numerous occasions to outlaw waterboarding, but the lawmakers haven't ... 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/11/08/food_for_thought_on_schilling?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages WE IN Red Sox Nation are happy to have Curt Schilling back with the team (" Earning his keep ," Sports, Nov. 7). We only have one question. How can we get our employers to pay us for taking off weight? 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/11/08/soap_seller_doesnt_need_to_come_clean?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages IN HER Nov. 5 op-ed " A company's ugly contradiction ," Michelle Gillett writes, "In other words, Unilever is in the business of selling products, not values, and that means we, the consumers, are being manipulated, no matter how socially responsible an ad seems." 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/11/08/action_urged_on_planes_air_quality?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages THE ADAGE "What you can't see can't hurt you" certainly does not apply in the case this week of the US Airways crew members treated for symptoms associated with carbon monoxide poisoning (" Flight crew takes ill ," City & Region, Nov. 6). People might be surprised to learn that air quality-related illnesses are not uncommon. Even more shocking is ... 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2006/12/24/24lapril?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages JANUARY I AM saddened and outraged at the story of Haleigh Poutre ("DSS sought early end to life support," Jan. 20). How dare the Department of Social Services seek to end her life? Since when does an agency assigned and designed to protect children get into the business of ending their lives? There is a serious ethical issue here. 2006-12-24T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/11/08/too_suspicious_in_suburbia?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages COULD THE irony get any deeper? An international human rights activist stops for pizza and ends up under arrest for disorderly conduct. Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/11/08/on_life_sciences_keep_moving?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages OTHER THAN our sports teams, few of Massachusetts' assets attract more envy or interest than our life sciences cluster. Competitor regions across the United States are investing hundreds of millions, even billions, of taxpayer dollars to nurture or create their own life sciences clusters. So how can the Commonwealth maintain and build on our lead in this important competition? Richard A. Dimino and Stephanie Pollack 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/11/08/a_legacy_of_peacemaking?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Editorial%2FOp-ed+pages ON SUNDAY, the State of Israel celebrated the life and work of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 12 years ago. In the context of the new opportunities emerging in the Middle East, Rabin's legacy will get one more chance to shine in the upcoming peace conference in Annapolis, Md. Nadav Tamir 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z