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...greatly moved by Pico Iyer's essay "The Paradise Within," in which he answers a question pertinent to our times: Where is paradise? We all seek betterment and the perfect paradise that we envision for ourselves. Toward that end, we are a few steps closer today to the paradise that we craved for yesterday. And as Iyer rightly points out, quoting the Zen temple sign, it's right beneath our feet. Saritha Rao Chennai, India...
...China's Problem Child Michael Elliott's essay "Asian Values" effectively described the political reality of Hong Kong today [July 12]. Last February I found myself there for a few days, and I was completely smitten with the city and its people. My single greatest impression was the willingness of many of the locals to express their disdain for Beijing. Everyone I spoke with described the prc leadership as being dishonest and heavy handed. The citizens of Hong Kong are clearly not interested in toeing Beijing's line. I hope that the prc has the wisdom not to turn Hong...
...ESSAY: Charles Krauthammer on the stem-cell debate...
...presumptuous of Nancy Gibbs, in her Essay "And on the Seventh Day We Rested?" to suggest that the U.S. needs to have Sundays off as a day of rest [Aug. 2]. A large part of the U.S. population is Muslim, and the Islamic faith designates Friday as the day of prayer. Jews observe the Sabbath from sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday. So how can we expect a pluralistic society like America's to settle on just one day of rest? When blue laws restricting what could be sold on Sundays were enforced, Jewish and Muslim Americans could...
...delighted to read Gibbs' essay in support of blue laws that keep certain businesses from operating on Sunday. I remember that when I was a boy, many stores were closed; there was a quietness then that surrounded us. May we return to the days when we had time for God and family on Sunday. ROBERT RYKOWSKI Scotch Plains...