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...democracy and free and fair elections, should have condemned Mugabe and refused to recognize his government. Instead, with the dissent of a few countries, notably Botswana, the Union merely passed a feeble resolution suggesting a government of national unity, which Mugabe in any case would not accept. It is tragic that the A.U. ignored the opportunity to take drastic action. Instead, it has lost whatever credibility it had. Edward R.C. Preston, Auckland...
...possible for modern life and classical music to coexist, or are they in parallel worlds? -Andrei Zakharov, MoscowIt's like reading Shakespeare. No matter how old the play is, it's concerned with human feelings. There's war, there's peace, there are great days, and there are tragic days. That will never change...
...Hooper reports that the prosecutor's summing-up rattled Hurley and his defense team. But it did not sway the jury, which took just three hours (including lunch) to acquit him. Racism - sometimes blatant, sometimes subtle - casts its shadow over every corner of this tragic tale. Grappling with the verdict and the celebrations it triggered, Hooper writes that it was as if Hurley had been "not so much acquitted as forgiven. And in forgiving him, people forgave themselves." For many who read The Tall Man, all that forgiveness may be hard to understand...
...Only in second grade at the time of 9/11 - I'm now in eighth - I had been utterly confused by the tragic events. However, your article about the heroic efforts of Rick Rescorla and the risks he took for his colleagues sent my mother and me into tears. Rescorla's ability to remain calm and assertive in a dangerous situation is inspiring, and I hope we can learn from his example. Martha Harding, Palo Alto, Calif...
...Well, has the private sector run it efficiently? No. We've had this drummed into us for so long, that the public sector can't do things well, but then in the case of health care we have seen the private sector screw up on a tragic, disastrous scale. We have learned that the profit motive is not a good thing to base the delivery of health care around. Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America...