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After reading the??excerpt from Barack Obama's new book, The Audacity of Hope, I've reconsidered my concern about his lack of experience [Oct. 23]. I'm inclined to vote for a smart, effective communicator and consensus builder who may have little experience but is pragmatic and inclusionary like him rather than someone who has experience but is absolutist and exclusionary. Our current President derived seemingly little benefit from his years as Governor of Texas. The Founding Fathers and another gentleman from Illinois in 1860 had no such qualifications, but they didn't do so badly...
...explain the??mania surrounding Obama's political career, Joe Klein quoted Shelby Steele, who said that "it's all about gratitude" and that white Americans are enthusiastic about the Senator because he allows them to forget about "racial guilt." As an Asian American who strongly supports Obama, where do I fall? Once again, a conversation on race has been reduced to white and black. I am energized by the Senator because he is smart, thoughtful and pragmatic. He represents me, a Democrat with strong Christian values. He knows the struggle of trying to attain the American Dream and the difficulties...
...the??Iraq war, I recall National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice stating that, in lieu of solid proof that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, "we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud." I also recall getting into heated debates and insisting that North Korea was the actual case of a dictator working toward acquiring WMD. While the Bush Administration pursued a war in Iraq, the smoking gun turned into a mushroom cloud in Pyongyang. The Bush Administration has failed miserably in addressing the North Korean threat, and its policies (or lack thereof) have made...
...essay disparaging the??U.N., Charles Krauthammer argued that violence and greed are "the natural way of nations" [Oct. 23]. That is the lazy man's excuse for resisting change and progress. As a means to create security and stability, war has failed over the millenniums. Our experiment in international collaboration, nonviolent conflict resolution and mutually beneficial partnerships--still in its infancy--will continue to suffer missteps and setbacks, not the least of which include the present U.S. Administration's uninformed and shortsighted policies. My hope for the future of civilization lies in the goals, purposes and accomplishments...
...Christian in the??White House Felt Betrayed" [Oct. 23]: As a member of an evangelical Lutheran congregation, I do not feel betrayed or disenfranchised by the story of the White House's political maneuverings to gain Christian conservatives' votes. I was never inspired by this President's profession of faith--not by the story of his born-again triumph over alcohol or by his wish to help the poor and needy and certainly not by his purported Christian values toward his fellow man. On the other hand, his lack of statesmanship, his arrogant management style and his lack of intellectual...