CORRESPONDENCE
Correspondence BIBI'S ENDGAME Charles Krauthammer's "Bibi's Endgame" (June 8) credits Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with injecting a degree of "realism" into the Oslo negotiations. However, I...
...It hardly seems like a cause for complaint or mockery if some cops are taking the extra time to explain why a violation is dangerous...
...Police officers are killed and injured in traffic accidents and in encounters with criminals...
...I differ with Frum, however, when he says that "greater deference" should be paid to executive-branch officials...
...JACQUELINE EDWARDS NEW YORK, NY WEIRD SCIENCE Granted, it was only a hook for a gag about the Clinton White House, but the opening sentence of David Frum's "Worse than Iran-contra" (June 8) was so arresting as to demand comment...
...However much some of the proponents of abortion might wish it were otherwise, a human embryo is of the species Homo sapiens from the get-go...
...STEIN LOWER BURRELL, PA CROCODILE SMILES David Frum's "Smile When You Say That" (May 25) is right on the mark...
...WILLIAM C. FORTH CHARLESTON, WV HURTFUL, INSENSIUVE DRIVERS I am disappointed that The Weekly Standard has joined the liberal media in cop-bashing and cop-mocking (Tucker Carlson, "Postmod Squad," April 28...
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...I won't defend rude or improper behavior by police, but perhaps some perspective is needed...
...Unable to cut the Gordian knot that is the Oslo "peace process," he will lurch reluctantly but inexorably toward the true endgame: war...
...The detail and logic of his work make one wonder how the vast majority of the Jewish community in the United States can be so liberal and so antagonistic toward the religious Right...
...The traffic is horrendous, with tractor trailers and inattentive drivers speeding by at 70 mph...
...Recapitulation is a bizarre antique notion that is given no credence by modern science...
...Let us hope that whatever shape the Israeli withdrawals take, there will be enough land remaining to defend— and, more important, a unified people prepared to defend it...
...The possibility that the trooper will be struck and killed by traffic while dealing with the stranger is very real...
...Maybe Frum's own views on abortion will become clearer and more sound once he discards the strange "scientific" misconceptions under which he has evidently been laboring...
...No one likes getting a ticket, and no one likes being warned, lectured, or barked at...
...A "single-celled molecule" is a logically absurd concept, like a single-orchestra violin...
...Netanyahu is undoubtedly justified in believing that an 11 percent withdrawal is preferable to a 15 percent pull-out, but ultimately his squirming will prove futile...
...GARY M. OSEN ORADELL, NJ Charles Krauthammer's piece was penetrating...
...The "social worker" cop Carlson writes about has arisen because of society, and is not necessarily that bad...
...I don't know what kind of scientists Frum hangs out with, but I can only suppose they wear tall, pointed hats and keep vials of bat wings and dragon scales in their labs...
...It must have been difficult to cram that much misinformation into a single sentence...
...These are not conditions that conduce to a pleasant interaction with motorists...
...All the chatter about American guarantees, negotiated statehood, or unilateral statehood will not change the governing dynamic set in motion by the handshake on the White House lawn that legitimated Arafat and his cause...
...But it's a larger issue than hurt pride and a hurt wallet...
...There's too much bowing and scraping going on now, which doesn't mean that manners and civility are in evidence...
...The people who make the most noise about incivility are those who should be most closely watched...
...If the preservation of Israel and Judaism are their prime objectives, our Jewish leaders should be in league with the Christian Coalition...
...However, I believe Krauthammer's scenarios for Palestinian statehood are only slightly more realistic than those of the left-wing utopians he rightly criticizes...
...Physical danger, constant negative publicity from the media, lawsuits, and anti-police court rulings are all working to reduce the effectiveness of the police...
...But consider the trooper working the New Jersey Turnpike or the Beltway...
...According to Frum, "Scientists tell us that a human embryo recapitulates in only nine months the entire evolution of life, from single-celled molecule to Homo sapiens...
...JOHN T. BANDLER MIDDLETOWN, NY...
...It eviscerated the Zionist ideology that has sustained Israel and its pioneers since the 19 th century...
...The trooper has stopped a stranger, who could be a wanted felon, a drug trafficker, an abusive motorist, or perhaps just someone not paying attention to his driving...
...Meanwhile, the rights of defendants and convicted criminals expand...
Vol. 3 • June 1998 • No. 40
