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Your article advocates "retirement insurance" as an alternative to the 401(k) but fails to mention that such an option already exists [Oct. 19]. The variable annuity--guaranteed income throughout your retirement--is an option included in certain 401(k) plans. The government can encourage or mandate the inclusion of an insurance/annuity option in 401(k) plans but should not replace the 401(k) with such an option. The suggestion that the 401(k) should be scrapped because some employees near retirement made poor investment choices is wrong. Leave my 401(k) alone...
Former U.N. official Peter Galbraith should be congratulated for taking a courageous stand on fraud in the Afghan elections, knowing he might lose his job as a result [Oct. 19]. I voted for Barack Obama, but I would like to see more support from Washington for officials who try to do the right thing...
...Calling 'Em Out" [Oct. 19]: Without enough real news to fill the 24/7 format, the media have to resort to half-truths and sensationalism to maintain an audience. Here's to the White House for fighting back. I hope press secretary Robert Gibbs keeps throwing fastballs high and tight...
...James Poniewozik's Commentary on Glee [Oct. 12]: Comparing Glee and High School Musical is like comparing apples and pineapples because both are fruits. While the HSM franchise is built around the preppy, perky and preposterous perspective of the "average American high school," Glee seeks to poignantly tackle social issues like teen pregnancy, sexuality and infidelity. Besides the leap in demographics (would you let your third-grader watch Glee?) and the show's many talented rising stars, Glee strays from the squeaky-clean Disney dogma and gets gritty, gruesome and, most of all, real. Sorry, Troy and Gabriella...
...applaud TIME's decision to spend a year in Detroit looking at the city's and region's challenges and efforts at revitalization [Oct. 5]. However, I find it curious that you start intensive research into the city with an opinion piece by a resident of New York who left Michigan four decades ago. With all due respect to the acclaimed Daniel Okrent, simply reciting old grievances repeatedly rejected by voters, such as my having "resisted ... more stringent mileage standards," seems counterintuitive to the magazine's mission. I would ask that Okrent take another look at my work...