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Your article on boxer Manny Pacquiao, the people's champ who has brought great honor to the Philippines, captures his impact [Nov. 16]. However, most Filipinos do not want him to enter politics there, as evidenced by his lost bid for a congressional seat in 2007. The good name he has painstakingly built for himself would be tainted, if not lost, as soon as he entered that lion's den. Instead, he could use his popularity to unify divided Filipinos, especially during election time. Such an act would boost his place in Philippine history more than any public office there...
...Tale of Two Priests" by Amy Sullivan details a schism closely related to political ideology [Nov. 16]. Yet these debates always fail to engage us Catholics who are libertarians. We believe the force of government only makes things worse, especially on issues like abortion that are not universally accepted as wrong. (Witness the government's failed war on drugs as an example.) Archbishop Raymond Burke's position is misguided. If abortion is your No. 1 issue, why make things worse for the unborn by getting government involved...
...Silver-Spoon Voluntourism"--high-end hotels facilitating eco-friendly projects for guests--is genius [Nov. 16]. I think it is great that a hotel as regal as the Ritz-Carlton, a hotel I would not ordinarily associate with community service, is taking action. President Obama should be happy he doesn't have to do it alone anymore...
...Rebirth of the Middle" [Nov. 16]: Ramesh Ponnuru mentions Dede Scozzafava's support of gay marriage and reproductive choice as evidence that she not only is not a moderate Republican but also is to the left of many Democrats. Couldn't her support of those two issues be proof of libertarianism? The Libertarian Party believes there are particular places that the government does not belong, and anything connected to a citizen's sex life is among those places. My Republican and libertarian friends alike are for the freedom of Americans to make their own life choices...
Kudos for the article on tuna fisheries and the huge dangers of overfishing [Nov. 16]. A major problem is overpopulation. Our numbers are becoming so great that we are simply outstripping our resources...