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...That two novels grappling with fundamentalism in India should appear at the same time is hardly surprising: dealing with sectarianism is among India's most pressing needs. With the country's politicians failing to drive the debate, who can fault Indian writers for taking on the challenge? Nor is it a shock that both Davidar and Vassanji live abroad - distance often allows writers to see their homes more clearly than those still living there. The real surprise is that there are still people who moan that books about India written by expatriates and émigrés are less important...
...this the same mentality that Westerners fault - indeed, ridicule - in Muslims who are offended by references to Muhammad? The old saying "What's good for the goose is good for the gander" comes to mind. Jeanette F. Huber Kinsale, Ireland...
...first inaugural address. When he said, "America, at its best, is compassionate. In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise. And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault... Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do," my wife poked me in the ribs and smiled...
...Bynum's misfortune coincided with the divorce by an even more popular Pentecostal figure, Paula White, and her co-pastor husband Randy, of the Without Walls International megachurch in Tampa, Fla. Divorce, once a taboo in evangelical culture, is now a fact of life. But the Whites' apparently no-fault parting appeared so matter-of-fact - few details were offered, and neither partner seemed to take a time out from preaching - that some grumbled about the unchristian notion of marriage as a convenience. Then there was the drugs-and-call-boy-abetted exit of marquee-name Pentecostal pastor Ted Haggard...
...irrationality. This is the most vexing problem in race relations, and it’s feeding the “race card” rhetoric that most African Americans hate. There is a perception gap between how different races view our country, but it seems that most of the fault for that has been laid at the feet of blacks. It is black irrationality and not, perhaps, white racism (gasp!), that is at fault. This allows the majority to continually ignore race because it’s not really their issue—it’s the responsibility...