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...appreciation for Lev Grossman increased exponentially after reading his article "Overcoming Phobias" [Jan. 11]. Writing about his fear of other people eating was courageous. I have overcome several phobias and consider myself fear-free today. I believe that my success resulted from taking the risk of telling the truth about myself...
...Verbatim [Jan. 11]: Before attacking General Anthony Cucolo in Iraq as "dumb" for dictating that female soldiers who become pregnant--and the male soldiers who impregnate them--be punished, perhaps National Organization for Women president Terry O'Neill should have studied military law. It prohibits male and female service members from having sex in a combat zone. Accountability may be a foreign word to O'Neill, but it's not to the vast majority of our brave servicemen and -women...
...jarred by some of the descriptions of the German Chancellor in "Merkel's Moment" [Jan. 11]. While the article does a nice job of summing up Angela Merkel's rise through the sexist ranks of German politics, it contradicts itself by using such outdated gender stereotypes as diminutive, frail and kittenish to describe the first female Chancellor of Germany. Though subtle, this sort of language is damaging. One step forward, three steps back. And to think, the writer is a woman...
...same-sex couples in California brought their challenge to the state's gay-marriage ban before a federal judge on Jan. 11, the latest step in a contentious legal battle that will likely lead to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case--concerning the voter-approved 2008 referendum known as Proposition 8--is already setting some unusual precedents. The plaintiffs are represented by Theodore Olson and David Boies, the star litigators best known for arguing on opposing sides in the Supreme Court case that decided the 2000 presidential election. The trial could also be one of the first federal proceedings broadcast...
Anger over the financial crisis got perhaps its most prominent outlet yet as a federally appointed panel grilled top bankers about their firms' roles in the economic downturn. On Jan. 13, the panel questioned the chiefs of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America. The 10-member bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, created by Congress last year, is tasked with reporting on issues ranging from mortgage fraud to regulatory lapses by Dec. 15. Some analysts say the hearings are an important step toward reform; others call them a distraction, saying the causes of the crisis are clear...