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...Liberalism: The Next Generation Kudos to Peter Beinart on "The New Liberal Order" [Nov. 24]. Because of a remote personal connection - I am a cousin of the infamous William Ayers - I have followed the details of the election avidly, though in the past I found the process quite boring. Time did a great job of highlighting different components of the race with articles from a variety of viewpoints. Jayne Ayers, Dousman, Wisconsin...
...Detroit Failure for general motors would be a national disaster, as Bill Saporito points out [Nov. 24]. What should GM do in the meantime? Get out and sell its vehicles. I have rented GM compact cars for the past 20 years and find them to be of excellent quality. GM salespeople need to get out of their cushy showrooms and offer to take people out for a demo ride and lunch at the deli. The company could win by a landslide. Perry Munson, Grosse Pointe, Michigan...
...Somalia's Struggles yes, the somali islamic government had its faults [Nov. 24]. But you left out that after 15 years with no government, Somali businessmen created one to establish order. They succeeded and actually stopped piracy. But the U.S. and Ethiopian militaries attacked the nation's hospitals and civilians and destroyed the government, bringing back piracy - and possibly the worst refugee conditions in the world. Don Lairs, Austin, Texas...
...Creative Kindergarten Your postcard on the blue school, the high-priced, flavor-of-the-month teaching experiment in New York City, tells us that preschoolers are encouraged "to mess with shaving cream" [Nov. 22]. I expect that with such "encouragement," the little darlings in a few years will take up aerosol paint cans and leave their creative tags in the form of graffiti on public landmarks. But no doubt such "messing" with spray paint is just another form of self-expression. Richard Orlando, Montreal, Canada
...know I'm not supposed to shed tears except for deaths in the family, but I've got to admit that reading Nancy Gibbs' article on Barack Obama in this week's commemorative issue made my eyes misty [Nov. 17]. These were tears not of sorrow but of sheer appreciation for a wonderfully expressed essay about this transcendent moment in American history. Hervie Haufler, SHELBURNE...