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TIME's pro-Barack Obama slant is so transparent that it makes your objectivity in reporting seriously questionable [April 21]. The picture on your March 10 cover with a halo of light around Obama's head looks like something out of a campaign flyer. Then there's the contrived photo of the Senator's well-worn soles, with a copy of his book in view, that looks like a modern-day version of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The icing on the cake is your cover story, "A Mother's Story," which serves as a convenient valentine to the Obama...
...Your April 21 cover story should have been titled "Raising Obama: A Grandmother's Story." It would have resonated more had there been more focus on Obama's life with the grandparents who raised him and less delicate tiptoeing around his mother's often unfortunate choices and impetuous decisions. Linda Dahlheimer, ST. LOUIS...
...suggest TIME give up the charade and change the name of the magazine to Obama Weekly. The timing and tone of your cover story on Obama's mother made your April 21 issue look more like a campaign p.r. piece than legitimate news story. Something tells me I shouldn't hold my breath waiting for soft-focus, warm-and-fuzzy cover stories about the mothers of Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Katherine Whan, DECATUR...
Bush's Crocodile Tears Like every caring American, my heart goes out to the family of Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor [April 21]. It sickens me, however, to see a photograph of George W. Bush with a tear in his eye over an Iraq war casualty. Monsoor's death and those of tens of thousands more did not have to happen. Bush and Dick Cheney are ultimately responsible for this tragedy. Steven T. Callan, PALO CEDRO, CALIF...
Farewell to a Hollywood Legend My thanks to Richard Corliss for his essay on Charlton Heston [April 21]. If anyone under 40 wants to know why their older friends and family have such low regard for current Hollywood actors, Heston is one reason. He was a symbol of how America thought of itself: energetic, courageous, practical, resilient. No one in Hollywood can take his place. R.W. Harrington, DE PERE...