Category: Letters
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Bob Kerrey and the ‘American Tragedy’ of Vietnam
Los Angeles — EVEN today, Americans argue over the Vietnam War: what was done, what mistakes were made, and what were the lasting effects on American power. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/opinion/bob-kerrey-and-the-american-tragedy-of-vietnam.html?comments&_r=1#permid=18896605 By VIET THANH NGUYEN JUNE 20, 2016 This sad history returns because of Bob Kerrey’s appointment as chairman of the American-sponsored Fulbright University Vietnam, the country’s first private…
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Create Wealth – San Francisco Chronicle Letters to the Editor, March 30, 2016
Regarding “Fidel spurns Obama’s presents” (March 29): Fidel Castro’s critique of President Obama’s Havana speech correctly concludes that Cuba is “…capable of producing the food and material wealth that we need with the work and intelligence of our people.” What Cuba needs to do (and Fidel Castro would no doubt agree) is find a way…
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Cuba’s Economy – San Francisco Chronicle Letters to the Editor, March 23, 2016
Regarding “Beyond a half century of futility” (Editorial, March 22): President Raul Castro is correct when he claimed Cuba has no political prisoners as short term “detentions” are now used to control dissent. What Cubans complain of the most, however, is the moribund state-controlled economy that kills incentive. Understandably, Cuba fears opening the floodgates to…
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Inequality in Cuba (New York Times – The Opinion Pages)
FEB. 27, 2015 To the Editor: Re “As Cuba Opens Door to Private Enterprise, Inequality Rushes In” (news article, Feb. 25): One suggestion Cuba might consider to solve the inequality that capitalism is producing would be a more liberal approach to the alternative of independent worker cooperatives, which effectively compete with the capitalist world in…
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Recent Letters To The Editor
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The Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
In 1972 Oscar winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Dominique Gaisseau traveled to Vietnam and made a film on the hospital Green Cities Fund co-founder Tom Miller established there with renowned reconstructive surgeon Arthur Barsky to treat war-injured children. The film was shown throughout Canada (on CBC) and the U.S. (NBC and PBS). With the help of…
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High Tech Lynching
Letters to the editor – San Francisco Chronicle Monday, August 2, 2010 Lesson to blogger The Shirley Sherrod forced resignation should not only be a lesson on the importance of responsible journalism (“Sherrod controversy was about journalism, not race,” Open Forum, July 30), but it also should become a lesson to blogger Andrew Breitbart for…
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Afghan War
July 26, 2010 – New York Times Leaked Documents Offer Candid Look at Afghan War To the Editor: Re “The Afghan Struggle: A Secret Archive” (“The War Logs,” front page, July 26):• To the Editor: It should come as no surprise that Pakistan has been aiding the Taliban (“Pakistan Spy Unit Aiding Insurgents, Reports Suggest,”…
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Helping Afghan Women
Letters to Insight – San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, July 25, 2010 Helping Afghan women Barbara Lee is right. Women’s rights in Afghanistan are not being protected by the U.S. military occupation (“Rights advocates fear for women if U.S. withdraws,” July 22) because organizations that could benefit women are, for the most part, restricted to Kabul…
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“Climate Change” vs. “Global Warming”
San Francisco Chronicle – Letters to the editor Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Worse than warming Words matter, and it is misleading of The Chronicle to frame “Climategate” as, simply, a “warming debate.” CO{-2} increase in the atmosphere results in multiple climate changes as temperature and air and water currents are affected, resulting in different and…