Correspondence
Correspondence SHARIA-FREE ZONE BEYOND EXPRESSING my gratitude for the mettle William Kristol showed by printing the Muhammad cartoons ("Oh, the Anguish!" Feb. 20), I must point out that the...
...The left long ago confused freedom of expression with destructive verbiage totally devoid of anything beneficial toward our side's cause...
...Although conservative, you nonetheless demonstrate a desire to do much more than gratuitously stroke current U.S...
...We export our demand for wood and paper products to Canada, Chile, New Zealand, and elsewhere, thereby compelling those countries to overutilize their resources so that we may under-utilize ours...
...COGITATING WITH CANDOR IN "The Counterrevolution in Military Affairs" (Feb...
...Substitute "Forestry in the United States" for "Agriculture in England," and you have a parallel tragedy: the mismanagement of one of our nation's most valuable resources...
...TIMOTHY LA FARGE San Francisco, Calif...
...Consequently, 80 percent of our forest products are imported while our forests burn as a result of being overly dense...
...The highly urbanized culture of California, for example, is unable to comprehend the significance of its own forests to the well-being of its rural economy...
...MICHAEL S. PAPPAS St...
...That said, by not making this distinction Peters has done a disservice to the very numerous people of "intense faith" who find the actions of suicide bombers indefensible...
...TOM BENHAM Tallahassee, Fla...
...23) Simon Heffer writes, "Agriculture in England is suffering terribly because of such ignorance about how the countryside works, and what it is actually for...
...DAVID DULAK Omaha, Nebr...
...6), Ralph Peters provides a defining example of the quality and clarity of THE WEEKLY STANDARD...
...THE WEEKLY STANDARD allowed me this choice...
...20), I must point out that the effectiveness of this global censorship should clearly be evidence that the very right the left falls back on—free speech—repeatedly is that which is most at risk...
...It is a disgrace that the liberal press has cowered when they normally go out of their way to publish outrageous items insulting to other groups...
...policy...
...RALPH PETERS avoids the elephant in the room regarding people of "intense faith...
...MORTON A. KLEIN New York, N.Y...
...Similarly, the example of the life of the central figure of a religion also has profound effects on the actions and attitudes of the adherents of any particular religion...
...REGARDING THE DANISH cartoon showing a bomb on the head of Islam's Prophet Muhammad: It seems the burning and destruction of embassies and buildings as a response by some Muslims simply gives credence to the point of the cartoonist that Islam has been hijacked by extremist, violent radicals...
...We are in the midst of a real ideological struggle, and I cherish the freedom to deem the cartoons as trivial as I do caricatures of politicians...
...THANKS FOR PUBLISHING the cartoons and exposing the phoniness of those within Islam who are inciting the riots...
...GREG MENEGAT Thousand Oaks, Calif...
...FINDING FORESTS IN "Blooded by Blair" (Jan...
...Perhaps the recent riots over the Danish cartoon have made Peters reluctant to enter into that discussion, and I cannot much blame him...
...Louis, Mo...
...It is akin to tackling someone wearing the same jersey...
...Apparently he was fearful of addressing the relevance of what one believes to be the disposition of God toward humans and what it takes to have assurance of your God's approval...
...This should show everyone, liberal and conservative, that the focus must be on the real enemy and that a positive contribution can come from any corner...
Vol. 11 • March 2006 • No. 24
