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...Defining Patriotism Nowhere in Peter Beinart's article [July 14] did I see mention of the word nationalism, which is what much of far-right patriotism really is. It is not healthy to say, "I love my country, right or wrong." This leads to the delusion that our way of life is the right way for the whole world and that we should impose it on people if they are unwilling. I love my country too - and I am not ashamed to acknowledge all of its mistakes, as well as all of its accomplishments. Mark Fagerburg, RICHMOND...
From a management perspective, these men of the cloth present fewer challenges than high-maintenance newbies with legions of stylists and image consultants (not to mention debauched groupies). "Their brand isn't something that's been invented; it's been around for 2,000 years," says Samantha Wright, the group's manager. The Priests' first album, to be released in November, will include Catholic favorites like Ave Maria, O Holy Night and Panis Angelicus. Mike Hedges, a producer who has also worked with U2 and Welsh rock group Manic Street Preachers, won't be setting those tracks to a funky...
Defining Patriotism Nowhere in Peter Beinart's article, "Patriot Games," did I see mention of the word nationalism, which is what much of far-right patriotism really is [July 14]. It is not healthy to say, "I love my country, right or wrong." This leads to the delusion that our way of life is the right way for all the world and that we should impose it on people if they are unwilling. I love my country too - and I am not ashamed to acknowledge all of its mistakes, as well as all of its accomplishments. Mark Fagerburg, Richmond...
When the Library of Congress announced Kay Ryan as its pick for 16th Poet Laureate Consultant last week, the poetry community went all atwitter. Mention the title "poet laureate" outside the poetry community, and you'll find it has an appeal that's, well, poetic. But even cognoscenti who can rattle off the rhyme scheme of a sonnet in their sleep might be hard pressed to answer the question: What exactly does the poet laureate...
...charter is nothing short of willful ignorance. Yes, ASEAN did speak forcefully on July 20 when Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yeo said the bloc's members felt "deep disappointment" that Burma in May prolonged the detention of opposition figurehead and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. But any mention of that negative emotion was excised from the formal communiqué issued by ASEAN the following day. And an initial flurry of excitement caused by Yeo when he said that his Burmese counterpart had told him Suu Kyi might possibly be released in six months' time turned...