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...political fallout has made this tragedy look more like Hurricane Katrina - a shock that exposes a nation's structural weaknesses. The most obvious problems were the inability of the central and state governments to anticipate the terrorist attack and to respond adequately once it had begun. Home Minister Shivraj Patil, in charge of internal security at the central government, was the first to resign. He has been under intense criticism for months, the pressure mounting with each new bombing elsewhere in the country. There have been at least 10 major blasts over the past 18 months, the most recent...
...answer to the challenge of tackling the inertia that still afflicts India is not obvious. Those who attacked Mumbai did so not with clear demands or ideology, but with simply a desire to tilt India's troubled state toward violence and conflict. Tightened security and better intelligence are important, but they cannot replace political solutions in Kashmir and Gujarat. Shows of unity and strength won't erase the pervasive culture of corruption in public service. There are no guarantees of the real change Mumbai is clamoring for, but, says Guha, "it's more likely now than at any time...
Ramesh Ponnuru makes many valid points in his analysis of the abject failure of the Republican Party in the 2008 elections [Dec. 1]. Yet I would like to suggest an extremely obvious reason: the abysmal record of the Bush Administration. With George W. Bush gone, Republicans will return, after a period of reflection, as a viable force in the U.S. In the meantime, Barack Obama has a great deal of work to do to repair the damage done by our worst President. Bill Gottdenker, MOUNTAINSIDE...
...there a downside here at all? Maybe these economists (and the Economist) think the downside is obvious, but it obviously isn't obvious, or we wouldn't have run up what seemed until a few weeks ago to be the very large deficits of the past 30 years. Unless there is a downside, why stop at a trillion? Why choose between cutting taxes and spending on infrastructure? Heck, let's do both. Party...
...quiet in Cheddar City. Cheese also ranks as one of the most despised books. It has been castigated as obvious, insulting. Many of its critics are people who have had copies of Cheese forced on them by overzealous bosses, sometimes even as they were let go. (Which means next year could be a big one for Cheese.) Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip and a chronicler of cubicle life, says, "Maybe a hundred people have suggested I mock it--which I have done." Others have parodied the book (Who Cut the Cheese? and Who Stole My Cheese...