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...literal truth of religious texts is "too credulous to be President" [Sept 17]. That would apply to a number of our past Presidents. It sounds like Kinsley thinks you can't be a good President unless you are in line with Kinsley's personal preferences. Robert Gibbons, Alexandria, Virginia...
...Wells Fargo to your neighborhood savings bank. They are so closely regulated because taxpayers are on the hook for insuring the safety of their deposits. And so far this year, they've stayed out of big trouble. "The banking industry is in pretty good shape," says Bert Ely, an Alexandria, Va., banking consultant and expert on the S&L meltdown. "What came out of the aftermath of the S&L crisis was a very concerted effort--and it's been mostly successful--to move risk out of the banking system...
When Ptolemy I founded the world’s first museum at Alexandria in 280 BC, he could have had no idea museums would one day be so prevalent—or so high tech. If only he could see the museums of today, complete with automatic temperature and lighting controls, computer catalogs—and, now, iPods?Yes, iPods. Alexandra M. Hays ’08-’09 is creating a podcast for the Arthur M. Sackler Museum—a twenty-first century audio guide geared towards the student body. The project, funded by a grant...
...Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's deft political outmaneuvering of the Democrats over a terrible war that Kristol himself helped sell. The callousness he displayed about the suffering of thousands of Americans and millions of Iraqis is outrageous. Maybe he should stop smiling, for decency's sake. Avi Brand, Alexandria, Virginia...
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