Jobs, Immigrants, Americans
Correspondence Jobs, Immigrants, Americans I am writing in regard to “Give Us Your Huddled Engineers” (SCRAPBOOK, June 1). Increasing the number of skilled foreign workers who may enter the...
...But all one needs for soccer is a ball...
...It would be fascinating reading—pathological, even...
...Both men find it astonishingly easy to lie and are self-righteous about the propriety of their acts, no matter how heinous...
...Clinton and Simpson value power and celebrity over truth, justice, and ethical conduct...
...Peter G. Malone Park Ridge, IL Innocents at Home Eric Felten’s piece on the travails of Merriam-Webster regarding the “nword” (“Improper Nouns,” June 1) evokes memories of equally self-defeating campaigns by African-American groups to have The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn removed from schoollibrary bookshelves...
...The two men share many negative personality traits...
...Lamar Smith Chairman House Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims washington, DC Loathsome Twosome Ifound it ironic to read Matt Labash’s “Simpson on Clinton” (May 25...
...George Ball Jr...
...Hal Riedl Baltimore, MD The Iceberg Cometh Perhaps President Clinton really believes that his dollar diplomacy will coax the communism out of the Communists (“A Scandalous Summit,” June 1...
...Contrary to Barnes’s view that this is the “dumbest rule of any sport,” it trains youngsters to control—as well as to release—the rest of the body, particularly the lower half...
...Most curious of all is that Clinton and Simpson are surrounded by an entourage of sycophants—usually bright, well-educated people who are willing to sacrifice any and every shred of personal integrity to defend the indefensible...
...Ronald M. Wade Rockwall, TX...
...Its simplicity is the key to its universal and timeless appeal...
...This is what I truly do not understand...
...But I suspect the president needs the Chinese as much as they need him...
...The Chinese iceberg looms on the horizon...
...The Workforce Improvement and Protection Act increases the number of skilled foreign workers admitted to the United States to meet the needs of hightech companies...
...How ironic that as America launches the awardwinning Titanic into movie history, we are blissfully unaware of its tragic lesson...
...Both men are compulsive womanizers and proud of it—marriage is clearly not sacred to either of them...
...As for the ball, wouldn’t you rather have a bigger one that’s easier to see...
...As one who is convinced that life begins at the moment of conception and that, therefore, abortion is murder, I laud Arkes for his work...
...Twice the American people have voted to affirm that character doesn’t matter in their president...
...The complaint was that the “n-word” appeared more than 300 times in Twain’s novel...
...Thomas M. Beattie Mt...
...Such an arrogant idea offends the moral order and is the political equivalent of proclaiming that a ship is unsinkable...
...By opening China’s markets, Clinton is growing our economy—thus deflecting attention away from the cloud of scandal that is following him...
...Rep...
...June 1) cries out for a companion piece on Clinton’s selective memory...
...He is promoting raw capitalism, unfettered by principle or concern for human rights...
...Both men deny responsibility for the consequences of their actions...
...Vernon, VA The Word and the Life Hadley Arkes makes many good points on the abortion issue (“Slouching Towards Infanticide,” May 25...
...Soccer remains the front-runner for many reasons, most important of which is that it prohibits the use of hands...
...I had been reading Daniel Petrocelli’s book on the Simpson civil trial and was struck by the numerous similarities between Simpson and Clinton...
...Incredibly, these well-meaning groups would have denied children the privilege of enjoying what is probably the most eloquent plea for racial tolerance and understanding ever written in the English language...
...His “recollections” of black churches being burned down in Arkansas when he was young (it never happened) and his “winning” of the New Hampshire primary back in 1992 (he didn’t) are worthy of a review...
...Both men vow to find those responsible for the misdeeds attributed to them, but do everything in their power to foil investigations...
...I admired the concentration, the moral eloquence, and the forcefulness of Kristol’s assessment of Clinton and the nation’s predicament...
...What is so wrong, for example, about asking companies to place ads in newspapers for job openings before they hire from abroad...
...I think history will vindicate Kristol...
...It is little wonder that Simpson is in the Clinton camp...
...Warminster, PA Beyond Recall and Reality Tucker Carlson’s “What, Me President...
...The Latin word “fetus” means “baby...
...Patricia McCarthy Burbank, CA Soccer Don Fred Barnes suffers from “kinderbias” in his review of the potential of lacrosse to become the next national sport (“The Grand New Game,” June 8...
...Perhaps pro-life advocates should insist on substituting “baby” for “fetus” when abortion is discussed...
...I’ll forgo the obvious Orwellian cheap shots and say this: It’s far better to have this offensive word defined for what it is and exposed to the light of day than to indulge in self-deception and deny that it exists...
...Increasing the number of skilled foreign workers who may enter the United States will help hightech companies continue to grow...
...The bill ensures that high-tech companies do what they have told Congress they already do: hire foreign workers only after they have made a good-faith effort to recruit qualified American workers...
...If a qualified American worker is available, he or she should get the job...
...Pamela J. Brown Los Angeles, CA The Final Vindication William Kristol’s “Clinton Is the Issue” (May 25) deserves a few words of thanks...
...And it also protects the jobs of American workers...
...Abortionists prefer to use the word “fetus” because it sounds less like a reference to a person...
...Frankly, those who play “air hockey” like lots of equipment, the compulsive clatter of the game, and the fleeting sense of exclusiveness it confers...
Vol. 3 • June 1998 • No. 39
