John Donnelly writes about how AIDS in Africa is taking a toll, even at high levels of government. Battling the stigma of the disease is made harder by those well known victims who won't admit they are infected.

In the Ideas section, Matthew Miller asks Bill Bennett and Milton Friedman about the luck factor and how much or our success in life is determined by it. It was a clever idea for an article, notwithstanding the irony of asking Bennett to talk about the roll of the dice. But apart from some reasonable proposals, the article falls apart for a reason Friedman points out. Everything: genes, initiative, geography, character, parents' wealth, at some level it all comes down to luck. What else is there.

And Charlie Radin weighs in with a depressing story about how both the Israelis and Palestinians are growing accustomed to the status quo.