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...only quarrel with your Twain story is with Rick Stengel's comment that Twain is the godfather of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. He may be their godfather, but there is no doubt in my mind that he should be considered more a legitimate father of George Carlin and Bill Maher. Alice A. Grimes, Watertown, Massachusetts...
...cover of time magazine [July 14]! This is TIME at its best, just as Twain is America at its best. You can't be the leader of the free world if you are not led by freethinkers. And that's what Twain was and still is: a great free mind. Are these signs that an Age of Reason is dawning? Arben Kallamata, Mississauga, Canada...
...Diamond Lake in Illinois, only to be rescued by fearful adults. When I was 11, my grandmother took me aboard the legendary Delta Queen. Now, after more than 80 years afloat, the Delta Queen is to be put out of service because of inaction by Congress. It brings to mind a Twain saying: "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." I can't imagine an America without Twain's writings, the Mississippi River or the Delta Queen. Charles Greene, Lewisburg, Kentucky...
...cover of TIME magazine [July 14]! This is TIME at its best, just as Twain is America at its best. You can't be the leader of the free world if you are not led by freethinkers. And that's what Twain was and still is: a great free mind. Are these signs that an Age of Reason is dawning? Arben Kallamata, MISSISSAUGA...
...Second, the Senator should ask the journalists to recommend some interesting and influential Iraqis with whom he should meet - community leaders, NGO activists, even the odd independent-minded politician. Journalists meet such people all the time, and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't mind sharing their contacts with Obama...