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It would seem that Mexico depends on the illegal trade of drugs and guns to strengthen its economy. Maybe the main focus of the war on drugs need not be on Colombia but on the border between Mexico and the U.S. ALLISON LEE AVINGER North Charleston, S.C.
While Josef Joffe was technically correct to say in his essay about coffee drinking [ESSAY, Dec. 6] that "there isn't a Starbucks in sight on Tiananmen Square," there are some just a short walk away. In fact, there are several, where you can enjoy a latte or sip a...
As we give the second millennium a big fat kiss goodbye, Time's Letters Department is happy to report on the robust health of the written word as a form of personal communication, despite dire warnings a decade ago of its imminent demise. For evidence, we point to the 1...
Within the storm of strong opinion and hapless befuddlement blowing through the hundreds of letters we read, there are occasional lightning flashes of epistolary grandeur, many of which make it into the Letters column. Here, a few that didn't:
MOST OPERATIC COMPLIMENT "My eyes danced across the pages of your ravishingly splendid story and nearly teared in anticipation of each new twist of phrase. What drama!"