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Mandela's Lessons Our current presidential candidates should take some lessons from Nelson Mandela [July 21]. Like most Americans, I am disappointed by the lack of leadership in this country and the lack of long-term solutions to the present state of the nation. I imagine it was the belief in his ideals and principles that kept Mandela alive under unspeakable hardship. Our current and prospective leaders should never forget that idealism and consistency - not the week's polls - are what truly distinguish great leaders. Michael Osorio, Orlando, Florida...
...South African who lived through the miracle birth of the "Rainbow Nation," I too revere and cherish Mandela. However, I find Richard Stengel's assertion that "in London on June 25 ... he rose to condemn the savagery of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe" astounding. His "condemnation" amounted to four words: "tragic failure of leadership" - a meek scolding indeed from the world's greatest moral leader. How different things might have been if Mandela, years ago, had put politics aside and stood up to lead the world in fierce condemnation of Mugabe's brutal regime. Mandela's courage and presence brought democracy...
...focus on some good news? In the February elections, Pakistanis totally rejected religious extremism, voting instead for democracy and the rule of law. Pakistan's economy is hardly the only one in the world faced with rising food prices and unemployment. Nor is it the only Asian nation where radicalism, terrorism and extremism are rife. The extremists in Pakistan are a minority in a small area. Pakistan is not a failing state and never will be. Pakistan has paid a high price for being a friend of the U.S. in an increasingly anti-American world. Printing negative propaganda about...
...current presidential candidates should take some lessons from Nelson Mandela [July 21]. Like most Americans, I am disappointed by the lack of leadership in this country and the lack of long-term solutions to the present state of the nation. I imagine it was the belief in his ideals and principles that kept Mandela alive under unspeakable hardship. Our current and prospective leaders should never forget that idealism and consistency--not the week's polls--are what truly distinguish the great leaders in our history. Michael Osorio, ORLANDO...
...local problems is suddenly a matter of everyone's concern. So evicting roughly 3 million of the capital's residents, as Beijing has done, while spending perhaps $200 billion on reconstructing the city (more than 300 times as much as it spent on rural health care for the entire nation in 2006) raises terrible questions about what costs are legitimate in the pursuit of social and sporting acknowledgment. Beijing even invited Albert Speer, the son of Hitler's architect, to help design a major axis...