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...CHAIRMAN Bernanke's support for Greenspan's broad approach is echoed in a Bloomberg interview, which also gives some insight into his manner and demeanor. The nominee certainly believes that the role of Fed Chairman can make the critical difference to the fate of the economy: In an essay in Foreign Policy, he argues that the 1929 crash could have been averted by a smarter hand on the Fed tiller...
...most secure area in Iraq.And my brother was absolutely right. To ordinary Iraqis, only one thing matters in these difficult times: security.Many policy strategists agree that protecting the Iraqi people seems not to have been a priority of the American plan of action in Iraq. In an essay in the journal Foreign Affairs, Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., Executive Director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, contends that “U.S. forces in Iraq have largely concentrated their efforts on hunting down and killing insurgents.” He adds that “the current record...
...only independent theater often has special weekday themes, such as “Gay Tuesdays”—featuring movies about the gay community—or “Film Noir Mondays” for thriller-lovers. All these specials are sometimes topped with a critical essay about the featured movies distributed to the audience of this small intellectual oasis, or spiced up by the presence of writers and/or producers...
...desperate need of a housecleaning. But it would benefit no one to target gay men who are willing to give up living in an increasingly accepting society to serve in what is becoming an increasingly dysfunctional institution. Nicole Boehler Tübingen, Germany The Refinery Crunch Matthew Yeomans' essay "refining the Problem" [Sept. 26] argued that building more refineries may alleviate the oil shortage. But we also need to tackle problems on the demand side. Developing countries such as India and China require vast quantities of oil, but they don't have a lot of energy-saving technology and aren...
...Your Katrina photo-essay "Ghost Town" [Sept. 19] featured a reprehensible picture of a lifeless body floating facedown in the contaminated muck of New Orleans. That was disrespectful to the dead and their families. You may have intended to show readers the horrors of the aftermath of Katrina, but it was shock journalism. Michael Yonker Portland, Oregon...