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Last week’s column, “Asbestos Could Have Saved WTC Lives,” produced tremendous and polarized reader response. Most readers appreciated the article for pointing out that overreaction to the health risks of asbestos may have hastened the collapse of the World Trade Center towers thereby preventing many from escape. Other readers offered …

MODESTO, Calif. – By all appearances, it’s business as usual at Congressman Gary Condit’s district office in Modesto, Calif. However, some here wonder how long his name will stay on the door. “You can’t have a scandal like this and expect to win re-election,” said Jim DeMartini, the Republican Committee …

I’d like to pass along a lesson that I’ve learned. When I was growing up, my father used to say, “Don’t be paranoid. People are out to get you.” I always wondered what he meant by that. Seriously, I think most workers in this country are paranoid, very paranoid. And …