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What a tribute to Billy Graham by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy [Aug 20]. I enjoyed the article immensely--to the point that I had to go over it a second time. I have always thought of Graham as one of the most outstanding and gifted spiritual leaders in the world. His sermons have always been uplifting and meaningful in my personal life. The article certainly portrayed a man with great spiritual faith in God and love for all mankind. Graham's comments in the sidebar "On Life and Loss" were exceptional. The significance of his loss of Ruth...
William Kristol argued that "The soldiers who have done well in Iraq will be major figures in American life for the next few decades" [Aug. 20]. So we bomb Iraq back to the Stone Age, causing the death of hundreds of thousands of people, spend billions of taxpayer dollars looking for WMD and terrorists, all so that we can train a few future American leaders. This is another classic example of warped Western thinking...
Amanda Ripley was right to suggest that we need to develop a new mind-set about maintaining our infrastructure [Aug. 20]. The question is, How? Let's look at how all transportation tax monies the Federal Government has collected for the past 10 years have been disbursed, including the pork and earmarks that had been allocated before the balance was dispensed for transportation. Then we'll see who the real culprits are. Surely, our country would be better served by such accountability...
...have noticed the "American Owned" signs at motels for some time [Aug. 20]. Do the people who post them believe that being American by accident of birth makes them better than being American by choice? I never stay at one of the motels displaying such signs because I have made assumptions about the people behind them. Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe they are just particularly proud citizens...
...Staff writer Aditi Balakrishna can be reached at balakris@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION: The Aug. 25 online article "Harvard Places Second in College Rankings" incorrectly stated that the president of Wesleyan University had signed a letter asking colleagues to refrain from participating in the US News and World Report higher education survey. In fact, the presidents of Wesleyan College and Ohio Wesleyan University signed the letter, but the president of Wesleyan University...