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...Campaign Comeback Hillary and Bill Clinton might be "Ready to Rumble" the Democratic Party right into a loss in November [March 17]. Her plan is to convince the Democratic leadership that Barack Obama is unelectable. But if she fails to get the nomination, she might end up persuading swing voters to support John McCain in the general election. Maybe then she would become part of the Republican strategy team. Paula Rantz, Palo Alto, California...
...Energy Gets a Boost "Not a Watt to be Wasted" attracted my interest with its idea of using bridge vibrations to generate electricity [March 17]. A far greater source of energy is the ocean's tides. Off the coast of New England, tides rise and fall up to 4 m twice a day. How about generating electricity from floating pistons on the ocean? Unlike dams, floating pistons would be friendly to marine life; they would not silt up bays and would be far less expensive to construct. Just north of Maine, in the Bay of Fundy, a moon tide...
...Music Therapy? It was remarkable that there was so much hoopla over whether the New York Philharmonic's performance in Pyongyang could somehow have a lasting effect on relations between North Korea and the civilized world [March 10]. Not quite four decades ago, the U.S. table-tennis team ping-ponged to Peking, enabling Nixon to play the China card against the Soviets, but that only led to nearly two decades of détente. The only effective way to bring about the end of totalitarian regimes is direct confrontation. The U.S.S.R. fell because Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John...
...Picture Perfect? I was disappointed that analyses of Obama's losses mentioned hubris as a reason for his defeats [March 17]. For all the bile that has been flung at Clinton alleging her presumption, she has shown herself to be a gracious leader; Obama has shown himself to be a mollycoddle. Nadia El-Badry, Dobbs Ferry, New York...
...Breaking the Habit The writers of The Wire are wrong to advocate jury nullification as civil disobedience in America's war on drugs [March 17]. These men say they would acquit any drug defendant, regardless of the evidence, if the crime did not involve violence. Their position undermines the legal system - society would collapse if everyone applied this principle for his own social grievance. And it is difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish between "nonviolent" and "violent" drug offenses. The seeds of violence - shattered lives, shattered bodies, broken homes - are sown every time illegal drugs "peacefully" pass from hand...