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...Until Hanks turns his attention to the rest of history - say, Jane Addams and the settlement-house movement, the railroad expansion across the continental U.S., the women's-rights movements - it's the same old wars and battles, planned and fought by men, that bored me in school. Karen McFarland Dexter, Mich...
...Say Hello to Kettle The patronizing comment in "Iraq's Messy Democracy" that Iraqi leaders have "not yet learned to compromise" is unworthy of TIME [March 15]. Against which standard have you measured Iraq's leaders? Obviously not that of current U.S. leaders, who have had centuries to teach them how to compromise but who still can't get it right. Merv Montacute Fall City, Wash...
...say Hanks is teaching people about history is akin to saying creationism is science. There is a huge difference between a good movie filled with American propaganda that presents a skewed version of events, and a proper historical study of the subject. I totally accept that these films are fantasies and good stories to provide a couple of hours of escapism. However, if I want to learn history I go and read a history book. In fact, I read several books. In short, if Hanks wants to make movies about different periods of the past, great. They are good...
Until Hanks turns his attention to the rest of history - say, Jane Addams and the settlement-house movement, the railroad expansion across the continental U.S., the women's-rights movements - it's the same old wars and battles, planned and fought by men, that bored me in school. Karen McFarland, DEXTER, MICH...
...Say Hello to Kettle The patronizing comment in "Iraq's Messy Democracy" that Iraqi leaders have "not yet learned to compromise" is unworthy of TIME [March 15]. Against which standard have you measured Iraq's leaders? Obviously not that of current U.S. leaders, who have had centuries to teach them how to compromise but who still can't get it right. Merv Montacute, FALL CITY, WASH...