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...alive in America. There was an election in the works, and it was sizing up to be a real humdinger. It was the year 2000. Peacetime. Boom time. An era of big ideas." But in 2008, with a faltering economy and a war on two fronts, this tale of self-induced starvation just doesn't seem as funny. Can lentils and hard-boiled eggs save...
...shaving cream" [Nov. 22]. I expect that with such "encouragement," the little darlings in a few years will take up aerosol paint cans and leave their creative tags in the form of graffiti on public landmarks. But no doubt such "messing" with spray paint is just another form of self-expression. Richard Orlando, Montreal, Canada
...even those who reject these arguments, and insist foreign policy be dictated by self-interest, find themselves swayed by a third argument. If weather starts wars, and wars incite terrorists and violent opponents to the West, then it is in the West's self-interest to try to manage the weather. Darfur is a test case of whether our leaders are able to embrace this kind of broad, long-term view over short-term gains. If they can, they may be able to prevent the pattern repeating...
...global image of Iceland over the past few years has been shaped by a generation of brash young entrepreneurs, self-styled Vikings of business, who jetted around Europe snapping up companies and finding ever new ways to get rich. Their world collapsed this fall, along with Iceland's economy. So it's fitting that another - and very different - Icelander is stepping in to take their place on the world stage. His name is Erlendur Sveinsson, and he's a gloomy, introverted and thoroughly unhappy man who dislikes the way Iceland has been modernizing. His family life is a mess, with...
Erlendur isn't a self-portrait, but Indridason shares some of his detective's disdain for the way Iceland has changed. "It happened so fast, we haven't grasped it yet. Two to three generations ago we had nothing at all, and then all of a sudden we had everything," he says. Now, with the economic crisis, "I think people will stop this endless craving for more, for cars, money and houses, and hopefully will go back to basics." If that means quiet evenings at home reading about Erlendur's latest exploits...