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...Toyota Tangled" [Feb. 22]: In the late 1950s I traveled frequently to Japan on business. I've never forgotten the morning when I had a meal at my hotel with two executives from General Motors who were in Japan to teach automakers how to build strong engine blocks. The men spoke derisively and arrogantly about Japanese auto quality. I remembered those comments later as Toyota was hailed as great and GM denounced as mediocre. The lesson I learned: Do not ever be satisfied with the status quo. It takes constant effort to maintain quality and reputation. Marvin Rubin, ALBUQUERQUE...
Armed and Safe Re "Why Crime Went Away" [Feb. 22]: Legally armed Americans use their firearms to stop a crime in progress more than 2 million times a year. Most of these incidents involve no shooting. The increase in the number of states offering concealed-weapons permits to qualified citizens is a factor in the reduction of crime. To leave this out truncates the inquiry unfairly. Robert Brummett, LEWELLEN...
Party Time Joe Klein's article about the Tea Party gave an enlightening insight into this bewildering movement [Feb. 22]. In the next presidential elections, the Tea Party might be a decisive force. I fear that it could deal another blow to President Obama's chances of being re-elected. We can only hope that Sarah Palin kills the credibility of the Tea Party like she did during John McCain's presidential campaign. Remi Boelaert, LEUVEN, BELGIUM...
Watch Your Mouth, And the Road, Joel I loved Joel Stein's essay "My Prius Problem" [Feb. 22]. What a brave man you are, Joel. You certainly like to live dangerously. From experience, criticizing women in general, and wives in particular - especially in print - about their driving is like having a permanent death wish. Michael Mayers, BARNET, ENGLAND...
...Even worse, as races became more staid, ratings declined and attendance dipped - and not all of it can be attributed to the recession. In 2009 attendance fell about 10%; this year's Feb. 14 Fox broadcast of the Daytona 500 was the lowest-rated Great American Race since 1991. "You can't watch these races without seeing swaths of empty seats in the superspeedways," says David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California. (See the photo-essay "A Steam-Powered Car Sets a Land Speed Record...