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...Kingdom's Shame Your report on Bhutan's experiment with democracy paints an incomplete picture of the real political situation in Bhutan [April 7]. Democracy and the pursuit of "gross national happiness" sound ludicrous when nearly one-sixth of the population has been languishing as refugees in eastern Nepal for nearly two decades. The international community's indifference to the situation is a sign of how the ruling establishment has successfully diverted the world's attention. Adwait Silwal, Kathmandu...
...Goes Vice president Dick Cheney's monosyllabic response of "So?" to a question regarding the two-thirds of Americans who don't support the Iraq war [April 7] suggests he is more committed to forcing democracy on Iraq than in practicing it in this country. Roy Hartzler, New Paris...
...Messiah Zoher Abdoolcarim's essay "Taiwan's New Promise" is too flattering to Taiwan's newly elected President, Ma Ying-jeou [April 7]. Ma is more like a celebrity than a President, and his rosy policies announced during the election will be harmful to Taiwan and helpful to China's ambition to annex Taiwan. Even though the Bush Administration is satisfied with the peaceful results of the election in Taiwan, it ignores the tragedy that a pro-China Ma could bring about on the island. Ni Kuo-jung, Hsinchu, Taiwan
...awakening from these Beijing dreams was as rude as it gets. As of April 15, the Shanghai Composite Index has slumped 46% from its Oct. 16 peak. The global credit crunch, the staggering U.S. economy, and China's efforts to tame inflation and cool unsustainably fast economic growth teamed up to quash investor enthusiasm for China stocks, Olympics or no Olympics. But might there still be a lingering chance that the Games will give China's economy a shot of adrenaline and lift stocks later this year? Many investors have heard of the "January effect." Is there an "Olympics effect...
Apple Pie and the Pope Thanks for the lovely article on Pope Benedict XVI [April 14]. I appreciated your bringing out his appreciation for America, its unique and diverse faith history and his current efforts to balance science with morality as well as his efforts to balance faith with reason. I disagree, however, with the suggestion that Catholics have the prerogative to "legitimately balance church teaching against the demands of their conscience." There is a Vatican II that existed only in the imaginations of a generation into sex, love and rock 'n' roll. When one attends to the actual written...