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I preface this post by saying that I'm not a psychiatrist, psychologist, neurologist, or anything other than a person with mental illness who has studied the brain for his own benefit. Any readers who are, feel free to comment.

The swine flu scare is just another example of how the human limbic system makes people into idiots.

The so-called reptile brain governs the human "fight or flight" response, and several other instincts that during the pretechnological era were essential to keep us from winding up inside a predator. Now, of course, we have guns, planes and cars, and don't need it, but evolution hasn't caught up with this yet.

What this has to do with the swine flu is an example of risk analysis. Intelligent beings fear what is new, what is unexpected, what they know little about, etc. Heidi Lum's letter in the May 25 issue mentioned the AIDS problem. While its true that, whereas the swine flu virus, while affecting people not usually infected by seasonal flu, seems to be no deadlier than seasonal flu, HIV and AIDS continue to infect and kill millions, HIV, pardon me for saying this, is old news, and just doesn't scare people like it used to now that, even though we can't yet cure it, we can treat it and prevent new cases.

Meanwhile, the last "pandemic", avian flu, managed to get at least one indy horror film based on it, "Flu Birds". This is ridiculous, but it goes to show you just how dominant the limbic system is in the human brain.

Aaron J. Davis

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Steve Tuttle is right on with his article "Don't Call it Country." I gave up on country music rdio several years ago when they actually became rock music stations. Yesterday while channel surfing I caught a group I believe are called "The Duhks." I don't think there is a musical category for whatever it is they thought they were doing. I have purchased and listened to Bluegrass for a few years now. At least there is some consistency there.

President Obama needs to get different advisors in the White House, the ones he has don't have a clue and are not on the same page as the average person who lives in these United States. When Obama wakes up after he stops throwing all this money around, he needs to let all these companies go under and new companies will surface and create a better America. Do cross country high speed, latest tech, rail and put the people back to work. Give the new Companies a hand up! Linda in California

Thank you Anna Quindlen for your arcticle 'On Their Own Terms'. Women have rights and should not be prosecuted for their tough decisions and reproductive choices.

It is too cleare that president Barak is going to save not only the American media industry but also the whole world from the economic crisis which damaged all the industries through out the planet.We have to be more optimistic ,because Obama has already prepared his plan for the change ,which I consider important in this peroide of pressure.At this stage we have to foster the work tha media has .Media is capable to bail out the financial crisis by many means,by seducing people to stust thier leader,bank and so on.

I congratulate Newsweek on the inclusion of Adrian Campo Flores; without him, Latin American affairs would be totally invisible in your magazine. This is an urgent call to Newsweek...please, fly him to Guatemala in order for him to document horrific and non-stop Violence Against Women in Guatemala.

I appreciate Newsweek inclusion of Adrian Campo Flores' enriching writings on Latin America and urge Newsweek to ship him to Guatemala in order to document Violence Against Women in Guatemala

The euphoria of the new president???s swearing-in ceremony, which was genuinely shared by people right around the globe, was momentarily subdued when the president stated that the US was ready to lead again. What did he mean by ???ready to lead again???? Did he mean the US Government was ready to lead its people to a better way of life -which is a great idea- or did he mean the US is ready to play a leadership role among the nations of the world ?

One could almost hear a universal groan and sense the question forming in a million minds all over the world. ???Why does the United States of America always want to lead free non American people who don???t want to be led by anyone but by their elected leaders ???? Why can???t the United States of America accept the validity of other people???s culture, customs, national aspirations and sovereignty without assuming that they are in need of change to something that will better serve an American agenda?

Surely the evidence of world history, over the past 50 years, has convinced enough people that American leadership, when applied to other peoples??? countries, is frequently a recipe for disaster for the countries involved. Consider, if you will the effects of American leadership in Guatamala, Indonesia, Chile, Iran, Cuba, Brazil, the African Congo, Vietnam and Iraq to name only the most memorable failures. All too often in the past American leadership in other countries has amounted only to a dose of Milton Friedman economic medicine administered by the unsympathetic hand of the CIA, sometimes with the help of the US armed forces. All of this for no purpose other than to enhance the security of the American homeland or the American way of life and to increase the wealth of American multinational companies. It is hardly surprising then that many people, other than the leaders of bankrupt economies and corrupt dictators, wince at the mere mention of the Pandora???s Box of American leadership abroad.

But we live in hope of better days; maybe the President did not mean ???Leadership Abroad??? and if he did maybe he has wholesome ideas about what that entails, than many of the presidents who went before him. In any event let us all sincerely pray God to bless America and to give wisdom and courage to a man who is surely the most inspiring new president to emerge from the people for many generations .
Maurice O'Brien
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While in asia last summer I read several copies of your International issue. I was so impressed that I canceled my Time subscription and ordered your magazine. To my surprise you print two completely different magazines, the Time clone you send to the US and the World view you ship overseas. This is not so hard to understand, but why do you do you censer the citizens of the US from your best magazine? I am honestly shocked that I cannot get a subscription to your international issue in the US. Any realistic answers?
Keith Anderson
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Any suggestion for another Bush four years from now is for box car hobos only.
Yours just another American.

I am highly pissed off at your mag. for letting this Lisa Miller, saying that the Bible in a around about way supports The Gays. It Condems those so called people.

If you have an Editor by the name of Lisa Miller, on ypor staff, she should be Tarred and Feathered forbringing the Bible in on her comment concerning the Gays. The Bible Condems the Gays as they should be. I will let the people around here know about how your Mag. takes up for the Gays.

can you help, please.
looking for old News Week Magazines from privious years. thank you

no coment but, can you help me find old newsweek magazines from earlier years?

Great article Gay Marriage and Biblical Case.
Kathleen S. Christenson

I think your feature photo of Governor Palin is repugnant and offensive and I can finally see that the Newsweek of old is no longer the same magazine that I used to know. Can you say "Fair And Balanced?" How would Senator Obama or Senator Clinton appear?