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James Poniewozik's tribute to TV's Fred Rogers was as warm and wonderful as the man himself [ESSAY, March 10]. I can't recall how old I was the first time I saw Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on PBS, but whenever I've seen the show since, it has touched me deeply. Learning of Rogers' death, I wasn't just saddened; I was moved to tears! I imagine that I'm not alone. Rogers has gone on to a far better neighborhood, but he is deeply missed in the one he left behind. DEBRA C. TUSSEY South Lake Tahoe, Calif...
...Essay: Anger Against America
...Friend Poniewozik takes issue with, aim at, Moore in an essay you can read here. I'll just say that I can't denounce Moore for not persuading fence-sitters at home because I don't think he was trying to - as if any American could be swayed now by evidence less stark than body bags. The Left's prime prankster was engaging in classic browbeatery, in the bullying, exaggerated, often funny right-wing-talk-radio tradition. I wonder why the Left must always be modulated, so sweetly whisperingly NPR, when the Right has made its voice heard by shouting...
...company has been rattled by ferocious criticism from Reinhard Mohn. Last month, in a book about his management philosophy and in an accompanying essay published by a German newspaper, he wrote that he had underestimated the vanity of some executives: "The search for glory has incited many a manager to 'acts of heroism,' and not infrequently led to irresponsibly big investments." Reinhard added that he wants his family, led by Liz, to play a more forceful role at Bertelsmann by, for example, implementing the "fundamental principles of a humanistic corporate leadership," which in practice means avoiding layoffs whenever possible...
There may well be some plausible arguments against graduate student unionization, but they’re not to be found in Kavulla’s petulant and uninformed essay...