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Government by the People You got it right with your cover headline, "It's the Voters, Stupid. Forget the experts. Forget the polls. Forget the TV ads" [Jan. 21]. What the primary results from New Hampshire showed, once again, is the arrogance of America's national media - especially television news. The press seemed downright insulted that the voters of New Hampshire didn't vote the way the commentators and pollsters said they would. It's long past time that the talking heads acknowledge they don't have any more political insight than do the schoolteacher and garage mechanic pulling...
...Saved by Sentiment? Although polls indicate that women were instrumental in Clinton's win in New Hampshire, I take exception to the premise that the majority of women were taken in when she showed emotion [Jan. 21]. My immediate reaction to the episode was that she was showing the frustration that had been building for days. Clinton is not a touchy-feely woman who has hidden her emotions all these years. She is cold and calculating, and I'm sure that in future months we will see the real lady, the one who will do anything to get the nomination...
...Diplomat's Doings I nostalgically enjoyed 10 questions with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright [Jan. 21]. She is right that the world has been seriously damaged by the current Administration and that the next President, whoever that poor soul may be, will have an extraordinary amount of cleaning up to do. I find it amazing that the Secretary is able to convey her feelings without rancor, hostility or bitterness. That's the mark of a true diplomat. Oren M. Spiegler Upper Saint Clair, Pennsylvania...
...Locavores vs. Distavores I'm sorry that the local-food movement is cramping Joel Stein's style [Jan. 21]. But just because 100 miles (160 km) has been used as an arbitrary procurement distance doesn't mean that people who try to eat locally walk around the supermarket with a GPS unit. I still enjoy bananas and coffee, and I have no problem drinking beer that comes from - gasp! - California. The point of eating locally is to become more familiar with our food. It's nice to hear a farmer say that my rib-eye steak came from...
...Root of Kenya's Chaos As a Kenyan, I was troubled by "The Demons That Still Haunt Africa," which distorted the situation in Kenya either out of ignorance or in keeping with the Western media's romance with the bleak face of Africa [Jan. 21]. The postelection skirmishes in Kenya are not a natural consequence of poverty. Kenyans have been poor but peaceful for decades. Rather, the protests are the language of the weak against a regime that rigged itself into power. Second, tribalism is not new; it started with the imperial British driving wedges between people to facilitate colonization...