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...TIME's 10-year forecast as described in "10 Ideas for the Next 10 Years" is over¬confident [March 22]. In the first entry, "prophets of doom" are seen as missing the reality of American "nimbleness and adaptability." Yet your story misses the reality that America is in a governance gridlock, which raises serious questions about the nation's ability to cope with current crises like debt, unemployment, the terrorist threat and a diminished competitive position globally. William Gruber, LEXINGTON, MASS...
Fascinating issue - with the exception of Michael Lind's "The Boring Age." We could have moon colonies if it were economically feasible. Because of PCs, advanced linguistics and organizations that care, hundreds of "primitive" cultures are acquiring an alphabet and a written language for the first time. They are leaping into the modern world. Lind is in the Stone Age. Bob Thomas, ELIZABETHTON, TENN...
...believe Captain Graf is the first senior officer in the U.S. armed forces to have verbally abused subordinate staff. Were all previous offenders given similar worldwide publicity and vilification by TIME? The lady has already been penalized by military authority . Was it necessary for TIME to do a hatchet job on her as well? Gerry E. Wood, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA...
...were most of them, incidentally, inspired by Hellenic heritage) in order to fight together for a better and fairer world. Or that was the story they sold us anyway. Where is the E.U. now that the Greeks need it? Where are our European fellow men and women, at a time when the oldest nation and culture of the continent needs them most, in order to face down the serious financial and social crisis they are undergoing? Georgios N. Diamantis, BARCELONA, SPAIN...
...TIME's Pictures of the Week...