CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence THE PRICE IS LIFE Whatever my other faults, it is inaccurate to call me—as Wesley J. Smith did in his review of my book, False Hopes ("Sick Transit," June 22)—a utilitarian, a moral...
...As for activism among these Republicans, they are getting frustrated with, and often embarrassed by, the Right...
...Typically, tying arrangements involve vendors' using their market power in one market to make the availability of their product conditional on purchasing a second product that the vendee does not want, or does not want at the price being dictated by the vendor...
...The fact that Stone was a paid Soviet agent still smarts and is saddening...
...Stone: Red and Dead" (June 22): I hadn't thought of I.F...
...This masterpiece explained brilliantly to my wife what I have been unable to articulate...
...RICHARD L. LOBB FALLS CHURCH, VA SHRINKING LACROSSE Thanks to Fred Barnes for his appreciation of the wonderful game of lacrosse ("The Grand New Game," June 8...
...The beauty of Windows '98 is its seamless-ness...
...They do not want to tar gays as sinners, since nearly every family includes at least one...
...Winnetka and the rest of the growing moderate wing of the party await the answer...
...the user will spend less time launching applications and more time working...
...Men's programs at the University of New Hampshire, Boston College, and Michigan State (an NCAA playoff regular) have been killed in the last two years, the better to comply with Title IX...
...As Brooks points out, more and more of our society is working its way up the income ladder, so this type of Republican is increasing in number...
...And he did this while masquerading as a quixotic, lone investigative reporter uncovering the truth the bureaucrats were hiding from us...
...However, his claim that Title IX helps lacrosse by inspiring schools to add girls teams is suspect...
...They believe personal taste and matters of lifestyle are not government's business...
...Stone, even though he is not around to appreciate the irony...
...Since rationing is inevitable in any and all health-care systems, we will get better health for less money that way...
...BRIAN NOEL LEXINGTON, KY...
...They cannot fathom why the government would interfere with a woman's right to make personal decisions like child-bearing...
...However, in reality, moderate Republicans are not just in Winnetka...
...He did what he did not out of idealism, but for the money—just like the politicians he loved to expose...
...The article gave insight into why I drag our son out into the muggy, hot sun to see Henry Clay's original law office...
...Moderates are becoming more energized to have a voice in their party...
...As for the preservation of life at all costs, Smith should also condemn those who want speed limits raised, knowing this will statistically increase the chance of traffic deaths, as well as legislators who vote for increased educational spending rather than health-care spending (also certain to cost a few lives...
...Until then, keep the federal fingers off my keyboard...
...They view the Republican party as a house that's been taken over by termites...
...The real question is, Does the party understand the extent of the structural damage, and is it willing to have a big enough tent for moderates...
...DANIEL JOY SARASOTA, FL Irwin M. Stelzer may be an expert on antitrust law, but he evidently knows little about computers...
...The government assumes it can see into the software future and wants to control that future before it is too late for Microsoft's competitors...
...Microsoft sells operating systems (OS) to computer manufacturers and consumers...
...It is absurd to group such people, including me, among those who "deny equal human worth...
...It is precisely my belief in "equal human worth" that leads me to think as I do about health care...
...Many other programs are under intense pressure...
...They are living in various burbs and cities throughout the country...
...If Microsoft abuses its extraordinary position in the personal computer industry, then let the government sue it...
...Take Medicaid-funded abortion, for example...
...PATRICK J. CASEY JACKSONVILLE, FL WATER, AIR, NERDY PASSIONS Congratulations to The Weekly Standard for J. Bottum's "You Can't Eat Alger Hiss" (June 1...
...PETER ZACHARIAS WILSONVILLE, OR TIED UP OVER MICROSOFT Irwin M. Stelzer fails to include in his analysis an extremely important point about illegal tying arrangements ("Microsoft's Formidable Foe," June 15...
...This may be true for high schools, but at the college level Title IX is shrinking men's lacrosse...
...So what does Netscape do...
...But the government's track record on this score is hardly encouraging...
...If the equality police are harassing a school's athletic program, lacrosse is an easy target: It has large rosters (35 players on a men's college squad) but generates little revenue at most schools...
...Microsoft is giving a product away in an effort to build its market share in a different market...
...Witness Microsoft Network, a distant also-ran to America Online...
...More accurately, I should be grouped with those who believe in cost-effectiveness, on the one hand, and that on occasion some values are higher and more important than the preservation of life, on the other...
...Some of them would call themselves rich...
...Their view is: Why force women to have children they don't want and can't care for...
...As I understand it, the government does not complain that Microsoft uses its market power to extract monopoly profits from unwilling vendees by forcing vendees to purchase an unwanted product...
...Now, it turns out that Stone knew of what he wrote...
...What I liked about his newsletter was his ability to analyze our politicians' posturings, revealing their contradictions and hypocrisies, Correspondence and exposing their hidden, often money-grubbing motives...
...While there are too many software providers to inventory, Microsoft dominates the operating-systems market...
...LYNN S. GREFE NEW YORK, NY RED AND DEAD Regarding Robert D. Novak's "I.F...
...And they deplore having the government meddle in much at all— unless it is necessary to assist those less fortunate in ways that are also beneficial to society...
...These people are living conservative lifestyles and conform to the original principles of the party: That government is best which governs least...
...To make its OS products more attractive to vendees and to build market share in the software business, Microsoft provides its software programs either for free or at very competitive prices...
...As presidential elections are lost, moderates view the foundation of the house as crumbling...
...Correspondence THE PRICE IS LIFE Whatever my other faults, it is inaccurate to call me—as Wesley J. Smith did in his review of my book, False Hopes ("Sick Transit," June 22)—a utilitarian, a moral theory I find offensive...
...The subtext, however, is this: It's less expensive to assist in prevention than it is to support a family on the welfare rolls...
...It will make no difference if a document or other data are stored on a local drive, on a server, or half a world away on the Internet—the computer will fetch it just the same...
...Thank you for uncovering the truth about I.F...
...DANIEL CALLAHAN GARRISON, NY FUMIGATING THE RIGHT David Brooks's "Rich Republicans" (June 22) was interesting...
...To think in cost-effective terms is to ask if there is a better, more productive way to spend money to foster health...
...It also designs and sells software programs...
...I want everyone to have an equally good chance at good health, though not all of us will be certain of getting it...
...others, perhaps upper middle class...
...This type of operation is not obtained by bolting various parts together at the end of the line, but by integrating the components at the basic level of the operating system...
...It turns to government to protect its franchise...
...Can Microsoft dominate any market it chooses...
...The components are not like paper and copier, as Stelzer puts it, but are like the fingers of a glove...
...Companies like Netscape, lacking the advantage of selling the most popular operating system in the world, cry foul because Microsoft's marketing strategy seems to be working and poses a real threat to their future position in the marketplace...
...Stone in years, but now I remember how I subscribed to his newsletter while I was in college...
...I argue for a public-health, health-promotion approach—not relying, as Smith says, on "collectivism," but on individual responsibility for health...
...The moderate Republican is not necessarily driven by emotion, but by practicality...
...Evidently not...
...Indeed, Bottum described why husbands must have these "nerdy," "useless" passions to live...
Vol. 3 • July 1998 • No. 42
