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...Iran and the Bomb In his essay "Today Tehran, Tomorrow the World" [April 3], Charles Krauthammer stereotyped Iranians as followers of an "extreme and fanatical ideology" who would wield nuclear power recklessly. He argues that while good sense has kept other rogue nations from using the atom bomb, Iran, "undeterred by the usual calculations of prudence and self-preservation," cannot be trusted to respond that way. But Iranians are not suicidal. They know that they could be wiped out in a retaliatory attack. And Krauthammer neglected to mention that only the U.S. has used the Bomb. The real problem...
...peace with their neighbors and those of other faiths, Islam lends itself to corruption by fundamentalist extremists who twist its teachings to serve their own perverted ends. Robert Readman Bournemouth, England A Government Out of Touch Re "A strange kind of revolution" [April 3], author Jacques Marseille's essay on the French protests over the youth labor law: Having lived half my life in Britain and half in France, I've been able to note some enduring differences in the Gallic modus operandi. Among the many problems that France has, one is an élitist government...
Operating on five hours of sleep and having just completed an essay, I arrived at Lowell Lecture Hall for the Friday, April 14 afternoon performance of the Expressions Dance Company’s “Bassline” completely exhausted. While the exciting dance displays helped to combat my fatigue, a combination of delays and technical difficulties detracted from what might have otherwise been an exhilarating event. The event started over half an hour late. Some audience members contented themselves with chatter, while others looked at their watches and groaned intermittently. Finally, a hip-hop beat started to thump...
...there was also a surprising sameness and insularity to my students. When I assigned them an essay on fear, they wrote touchingly but similarly of death and aging, depression and eating disorders. Similar too was their lack of curiosity. When I asked them to list five people they were curious about, most could not come up with better answers than the jocks and girls they had crushes on, or Britney Spears and Eminem...
...before the war, when the brass accepted Rumsfeld's demands for a smaller, lighter force. But one consistent part of the indictment is that Rumsfeld made clear he wouldn't listen to views that didn't match his own anyway. Lieut. General Newbold made that point in his essay in TIME last week, when he wrote that Rumsfeld marginalized former Army General Eric Shinseki after the Chief of Staff suggested in a hearing before Congress that much larger forces would be needed following the invasion. "They only need the military advice when it satisfies their agenda," said Major General John...