Thank you, Rev. Jimmy Shelbourn of Beatrice, NE

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Letters in TIME Magazine

Why are Americans losing ground to countries like China, South Korea and India in science and technology ? Duh! We have a scientifically illiterate President, megachurches that insist that creation is 6,000 years old and an anti-intellectual climate that casts anyone of intelligence as a suspected terrorist. Falling behind in science? We are falling behind in intelligence!

(THE REV.) JIMMY SHELBOURN Beatrice, Neb.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1167735,00.html

Also:

As an engineer and father of two engineers, I can tell you that careers in fields other than science and engineering provide more pay, more glamour, greater chances for promotion and require less study. We need to give engineers and scientists better pay, more respect, more room for creativity and a clear path for advancement.

RICHARD A. MASON Orange, Conn.

As long as M.B.A.s get better jobs than Ph.D.s, the only thing U.S. industry will have to offer the world is good business advice. Other countries will have the technology to make things happen.

DANIEL LUCHINI Naperville, Ill.

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1. 3 cheers for Beatrice NE...families of both parents of ex were early settl

settlers in Thayer County