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...Healthy Future Joe Klein's article on the opposition to the health-care plan shows that there are people who are more interested in opposition just for opposition's sake [Aug. 31]. I spent 34 years in countries where my health care came courtesy of Medicaid-type insurance, and I was disgusted to see many people barred from health care due to inadequate means. Now having lived in the U.K. for 15 years, I have enjoyed top-quality care courtesy of the NHS. Andrew Hope-Hall, WORCESTER, ENGLAND...
Golden Age Is it really so difficult to under-stand people's anger about the record profits made by Goldman Sachs [Aug. 31]? If the author were not so dazzled by the company's performance he would understand that we are not angered by a company doing well in difficult times. The rage is triggered by the perception that some institutions, having survived the near meltdown of the system with the help of taxpayers' money, are now in a position to reap fat benefits at the expense of the man (or woman) in the street. Speculators may have a function...
Border Conflict I read with interest Ishaan Tharoor's story [Aug. 31]. It is clear that a major conflict between India and communist China would pose a very serious global threat. Yet I share his view that the long-term survival of India as a multicultural nation is more securely assured than that of communist China. Like all totalitarian states, China has decided to ensure the power of the central state by eradicating all local cultures and languages. A vast country such as India, with ancient traditions, many languages and several religions, has to tread a narrow path between...
Tokyo Shift Your cover story showed me that, yes, we can [Aug. 31]. Japan's youth can make a difference and bring some light into our future, slowly but surely. Sachiko Katayama, Okayama, Japan...
...Obama and Gay Marriage Re "Obama's Gay Problem" [Aug. 31]: the President would not have a problem taking a stand if he were to look at his own marriage. My wife and I did. We were married in a traditional Christian wedding 43 years ago. We noticed that the civil same-sex ceremonies performed in California before Proposition 8 had no physical or spiritual impact on our marriage. Roger Allan Gee, San Diego...