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...enjoyed reading your Essay [Aug. 18], "Corruption in Asia." Made me aware of the graft and corruption where I came from, the Philippines. Quite embarrassing to admit and accept the corruption in our government, but it's true. Nepotism in the Philippines is rampant. Compadre system is a way of life...
...Psychiatrists Schaefer and Hatterer are slightly off in their explanation of why the cult of Judy Garland [Aug. 18] has so many homosexual members. It is not that they "gravitate toward superstars" or else they would surely flock to the Beatles' concerts; and it is certainly not that Judy Garland has "become masculine and powerful." The answer is simply that they identify with Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, poor little unattractive, unwanted Dorothy who eventually had all her dreams come true in the magical Emerald City. You will notice that the majority of Garland fans in her audiences...
...Hookers' Market" [Aug. 18]: Hats off to the whores of America, who in this day and age give the hypocrites a sense of superiority. But imagine the thousands of would-be whores who are put out of business by the churchgoing, housekeeping mothers who ask no compensation. This is America, where a court will sentence a whore to jail and reward an adulterous wife with all manner of "legal" compensation. The American wife-mother is still the greatest answer to prostitution and not punishment by courts. Whores unite! Marry. This will give you legal sanction. Husbands consider! How many...
...your story, "Swinging Lady" [Aug. 11], you quote me as paying the London Times a compliment on its courageous stand over the Mick Jagger case. This I did. But on the same occasion I also listed many more examples of where I feel the new management of that paper has seriously damaged its reputation and authority. In omitting these criticisms, I fear that your report suggested quite wrongly that I approve of the Times in its swinging reincarnation...
...Last week the renowned divorce mill was grinding away at an unprecedented rate. All available court personnel had been pulled off regular duty and thrown into the pool typing up decrees. One busy court handled 240 divorces in two hours. At week's end, the total granted since Aug. 1 had reached 4,000, compared with the average 1,000 for a normal month...