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...Year of Living Erroneously" [Dec. 29-Jan. 5], Andrew Sullivan wrote that in 2003, "The more sure of things we were, the more sharply our reality got checked." But was the "we" supposed to refer to average people? As Sullivan's examples point out, it was often the press that reported information that was supposedly accurate but in fact wasn't. Average consumers of news were not living erroneously. We were just watching the media's standards sink lower, into more uncharted depths. JOHN STUVER Burbank, Calif...
...found it offensive that in your section of people who had "15 Minutes of Fame" in 2003 [Dec. 29--Jan. 5], you included mountaineer Aron Ralston, the climber who had been pinned by a boulder and freed himself by cutting off his arm. What Ralston did was courageous and necessary to save his life. Instead of having 15 minutes of fame, Ralston I am sure would rather still have his right arm. JUDY SEBASTIAN Chester Springs...
...Bush administration scored a victory when Libya's Muammar Gaddafi agreed to dismantle his secret unconventional-weapons program [Dec. 29--Jan. 5]. Gaddafi may have seen Saddam's fate and become worried that the war on terrorism might be moving toward him. It is encouraging that Libya has come clean about its attempt to develop weapons of mass destruction (WMD). But there is a strong possibility that countries not listed as rogue states or as part of the "axis of evil" may still be producing WMD. Let us hope that nations like North Korea and Iran are paying attention. HAROLD...
...supreme leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, needs right now is another diplomatic and political contretemps. So when he met with the hard-line clerics of the powerful Guardian Council last week, he first thanked his "dear brothers" for their hard work--and then asked his underlings to reconsider their Jan. 11 decision to bar hundreds of candidates, including 80 incumbent M.P.s, from parliamentary elections next month. Otherwise, he warned, Iran might dissolve in a "chaos of disagreement." With the barring, Iran's hard-liners were hoping to regain control of the 290-member, reformist-dominated Parliament. But dissenting M.P.s began...
...community screen. The scale of the Super Bowl happening is staggering. It has commanded the largest audience ever for a single sporting event televised in the U.S. ... One of every three Americans--male and female, newborn to nonagenarian--will see at least some of the game. --TIME, Jan...