A NATION OF WHINERS?
RUFFIN, HOLT
Correspondence A NATION OF WHINERS? ANDREW FERGUSON’S “We Can’t Handle the Truth” (July 28) omitted mention of Phil Gramm’s other cardinal offense (besides his challenge to the popular...
...By contrast, Brazilians (41 percent), Egyptians (44 percent), Tanzanians (48 percent), Germans (53 percent), Indians (62 percent), Australians (69 percent), and Chinese (82 percent) ranked their economies as good...
...This was to describe America as a “nation of whiners...
...Results are plain for all to see...
...ERIC O’KEEFE Chairman, Sam Adams Alliance Chicago, Ill...
...Obama’s frequent placement on Newsweek’s cover reminded me, a former Newsweek subscriber, of the magazine’s similar fawning over Bill Clinton in 1992...
...Too bad their policies are so pernicious...
...May I suggest this as the topic for a second installment by Ferguson...
...Yes, he is Newsweek’s darling, and there will be still more cover stories I’m sure...
...What a great article...
...Another striking contrast that was not included in this short piece is the fact that the magazine has supplied only two cover stories on McCain thus far in 2008 (February 11 and February 18...
...TOM QUITZAU Houston, Texas...
...You captured this so well in your piece...
...Well, no...
...The Left is fi nding that long-term investing in infrastructure is more effective than funding political parties or last-minute television blitzes...
...Government is too important to be left to politicians, bureaucrats, or leftwing elitists...
...Not exactly...
...Five cover issues on Obama in Newsweek this year already—and who knows how many more to come...
...LESSONS FROM BRITAIN I MEAN IT WHEN I say that Fred Barnes should win a Pulitzer for his article “First, Lose Three Straight Elections” (August 4...
...Do these numbers correspond to the relative levels of wealth, income, or economic security in the countries surveyed...
...A vivid example of the whiner-nation problem was just provided in a Wall Street Journal story (“Optimism Grows Among China’s Urban Dwellers,” July 23) about fi ndings of the Pew Global Attitudes Project...
...I recall vividly that Clinton seemed to be on Newsweek’s cover at least once a month, as the magazine did its best to get him elected...
...LOU CARTIER Greeley, Colo...
...Leading citizens need to step forward to fund and guide independent organizations to defend and extend freedom...
...COLORADO BLUES AS A NORTHERN COLORADO transplant and GOP partisan, I appreciated Fred Barnes’s exposition of “The Colorado Model” (July 21) that evidently has helped turn my adopted state from “red” to “blue...
...I look forward to Barnes’s reporting from Denver later this summer...
...A great example is American Majority, led by Ned Ryun, which is training potential candidates to be effective leaders in state and local government...
...GLENN R. WITTIG Fort Worth, Texas THE SCRAPBOOK’S column on Sen...
...How can fi ve cover stories to two be considered unbiased coverage...
...In the past, I have been intrigued by the British system of government (of course, I prefer ours), especially when listening to Blair in the House of Commons on satellite radio when he was prime minister...
...ANDREW FERGUSON’S “We Can’t Handle the Truth” (July 28) omitted mention of Phil Gramm’s other cardinal offense (besides his challenge to the popular mired-in-recession paradigm...
...Has recent economic history been so much worse for America than for Tanzania, Germany, or China, as these numbers suggest...
...HOLT RUFFIN Mill Valley, Calif...
...Correspondence A NATION OF WHINERS...
...Only 20 percent of Americans surveyed considered their economic situation good...
...MARK ADAMS Gig Harbor, Wash...
...You have hit on what I believe is the issue that the Republicans should unveil—revamping education in the United States once and for all...
...The Sam Adams Alliance is pleased to be supporting their efforts and similar efforts to help citizens reclaim control of our government...
...NEWSWEEK’S FOLLIES THE “OBAMAWEEK” PIECE in the Scrapbook (July 28) was quite revealing, to say the least...
...FRED BARNES’S “The Colorado Model” (July 21) is the best political article of the year...
...The Democrats have been thoughtful and strategic in this critical western state...
...It’s clear that the good guys must play catch up...
...Something is indeed seriously wrong with America, but it’s not the economy...
...His was simply good reporting, thorough, well sourced, and free of innuendo and wisecracks...
...It captures an angle that helps illuminate our own reality...
Vol. 13 • August 2008 • No. 46
