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...photo essay on the rescue site and on the lives of the miners a year later, see time.com
Perry Bacon Jr., writing on his experiences as a racial minority [ESSAY, July 7], noted that the beneficiaries of affirmative-action policies are burdened by having to "contribute diversity" and speak on behalf of minorities. That's an entertaining but flawed perspective. Affirmative action means Bacon will not have to be the only representative of blacks because there will be more than a token number at school or work, thereby enabling others to appreciate a variety of views and perspectives. Affirmative action doesn't force you to be the representative of diversity; it gives you the freedom to be yourself...
...have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks, who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering,” he wrote in his essay, “Walking...
...Thoreau had written his essay in Atlanta, he would have noted that most people here cannot comprehend the motivation behind sauntering anywhere. And as they gaze at me from behind the tinted windows of their road raging vehicles, it shows. One driver even pulled over to ask me if I was having car trouble...
Thanks to Charles Krauthammer for his account of the death of his dog Chester [ESSAY, June 16]. He showed us why dogs truly are man's best friend. I had to put my 15-year-old Samoyed to sleep in May, while still reeling in anguish from the sudden loss of my father in February. Certainly, the grief for my father is much more extensive than for my four-legged best friend Sam, but Krauthammer's column allowed me to acknowledge the devastating loss of my dog as well. My heart grieves for the unconditional love I got from both...