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...crisp, no-nonsense observations in Peter Galbraith's article are testimony to the clear-minded and progressive views of his highly regarded father, Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith. The world needs many more like them. S.R.A. Das, Kannur, India...
...service to commemorate the sacrifice of British forces, the father of a deceased soldier refused to shake hands with former Prime Minister Tony Blair, saying that Blair had blood on his hands by sending troops to war on a false premise and underequipped. If Blair is guilty of such offenses, he should not be even considered for the role of President of Europe, despite being portrayed as a front-runner. Major Bob Ritchie MBE, Livingston, Scotland...
...have been the work of local police carrying out a personal vendetta. The admission underscored the degree to which the lawless region's moderates are caught in the cross fire between Islamist radicals and a brutal counterinsurgency. Nearly 3,000 people attended Aushev's funeral--a turnout that his father said was proof the slain activist was not merely his son but a son of Ingushetia...
Jesuits tend to roll their eyes at portrayals of their order's missionary zeal. (Jeremy Irons' action Jesuit in The Mission, says Father Patrick Peppard, one of the school's theology teachers, was "a bit romanticized.") Still, by any measure, U of D's service to the city of Detroit since the Jesuits decided to remain has been remarkable. During a period in the late 1970s and early '80s, the school's president, Father Malcolm Carron, was even made a Detroit police commissioner. (See pictures of the remains of Detroit...
...knew one of the questions would be one where it was a disadvantage to be only 24 years old, so I called my father about a ‘Gone With the Wind’ quote,” he said. “He had no idea...