By Henri D. Kahn

Wesley K. Clark, four-star general, is a distinguished retired military officer of the highest order and candidate to become the Democratic Party nominee for president of the USA.
Clark ranked number one in his graduating class at the United States Military Academy, West Point. He holds a master's degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
He rose to the rank of four-star general by proving his worth in numerous staff and command positions. From 1997 to 2000 Gen. Clark was the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and Commander in Chief of the United States European Command. He commanded NATO's first major combat action which saved 1.5 million Albanians from ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.
He has received honorary knighthoods from the British and Dutch governments and was made commander of the French Legion of Honor. In 2000, Clark was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, this nation's highest civilian honor.
In the private sector he is CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic advisory and consulting firm.
This is the man of integrity, honor, and credibility to reinstate our nation as a just and fair world leader. This man has experience in international affairs. He understands the seriousness of war and its consequences. This man will see to it that all socio-economic sectors in the country get a fair shake.
Wesley K. Clark may just be the man you are looking for to find better solutions to our national and international situation.
George W. Bush has pulled us into a quagmire of world alienation, loss of credibility, and impending economic chaos. He is guilty of making one bad decision after another, and it is imperative that he is voted out of the Presidency for exile to his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
This is not a paid political advertisement. This is a plea for common sense decisions to put us back on course for national and international success.
Now about Wal-Mart. . . .
Sam Walton must be squirming in his grave over the curtailment of group health insurance benefits for Wal-Mart employees.
The current management of this gigantic, successful, enormously profitable retail business has been reducing their employee health insurance benefits little by little and proudly states that it has saved 30 percent of its health insurance cost. All of this at the expense of -- who else -- the rank and file employees. I'll bet ol' Sam would disinherit his Walton girls, worth $20.5 billion each according to Forbes, if he could somehow talk to them.
Maybe some medium can arrange a séance with Sam to help the thousands of employees who work hard to create Wal-Mart's luscious profit.
Finally, check out www.draftclark2004.com for more info on Wesley K. Clark.

(Please send your insurance questions to Henri D. Kahn, c/o LareDOS, 1812 Houston St. 78040; fax 791-4737; or e-mail laredos@swbell.net.)