FDA Drug Approval Comes Too Late for Many Patients

For many patients dying of cancer, their last chance at survival may not yet be an option. Experimental drugs often take years to approve, and in the testing phase they are only available to a tiny group of patients. Do patients have a constitutional right to try experimental drugs?

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Cautious Optimism on Behalf of the Iraq Surge

In this week's Opinion Page, writer Kenneth Pollack discusses his op-ed in The New York Times, "A War We Might Just Win." In the op-ed, Pollack and his co-author Michael O'Hanlon argue that U.S. troops are finally making progress in Iraq.

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Amendment Aims to Protect Terrorism Tipsters

Last year, six Islamic leaders were removed from a U.S. Airways flight after fellow passengers reported them for suspicious behavior. The men have now sued the passengers who reported them. A new amendment to a homeland security bill promises to protect terrorism tipsters.

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Remembering Director Ingmar Bergman

The Swedish film director, widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, has died at the age of 89. Fellow director Woody Allen described Bergman as "probably the greatest film artist ... since the invention of the motion picture camera."

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Protecting Privacy in a Web-Searching World

With the online world becoming ever more important in day-to-day life, how will people be able to better manage the flood of information available on the Internet? Experts discuss search-engine technology, and the challenge of protecting personal information in a search engine age.

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