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Andrew Kreicher’s article about the visual and environmental studies concentration (“Very Easy Stuff,” column, Oct. 28) is offensive, poorly researched, and based upon a culturally illiterate viewpoint. I find philistines more embarrassing than artists...
...Katrina was the first disaster. The response by fema [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] was the second. Shame on those in charge. Shame on us if we let the government get away with it. Kenis Sweet Lake George, New York, U.S. To Rebuild - or Not Walter Isaacson's viewpoint "How To Bring the Magic Back" [Sept. 12] stated that New Orleans "needs to restore itself authentically rather than produce a theme-park re-creation." A fire reshaped Chicago's destiny, and an earthquake remolded San Francisco. Now, in the wake of a hurricane disaster, New Orleans can have its future...
...office would invite more meddling by Congress and create another power center. "If you appoint a czar and he doesn't get what he wants, like if you start to tamp down the spending, all he has to do is go to the press and create sympathy for his viewpoint and make it difficult for the President," the adviser says. Bush and his inner circle agreed, with little debate, top aides said...
...always worrying when a secretive, self-perpetuating body converges on a single viewpoint. This is not to challenge the Corporation’s secrecy or self-perpetuation; rather, it is to note that such insular conditions of operation, which impede external critique, make vigorous internal critique imperative. Especially now that University President Lawrence H. Summers has had a role in appointing the majority of the current members of the Corporation, each new member must be selected with an eye to shaking off the sluggish haze of groupthink that can so easily envelop and consume groups of people...
...look at it from a demographic viewpoint, my district is 50 percent Latino, and they’re not electing Latino representatives. The representatives are Jewish or African-American,” Bernace said, adding, “I’m trying to represent the whole neighborhood...