People of Malaysia Apparently, my comments about the Jews at the Islamic Organization Conference a few weeks ago sparked a worldwide uproar, with leaders of many nations -- mostly European ones with banking secrecy laws -- calling me a demagogue and an anti-Semite.
To the Editor: In his April 22 column "Why War? Why Not?" Ethan Richards wrote "In his rush to pinpoint the shortcomings of standard liberal arguments, Mr. Weiss ironically forgets to look for areas where he might find the opportunity to criticize himself." There's nothing ironic about that, but there is something hypocritical.
Sam Stein '04 alleges that a "Smells Like Mujahideen Spirit" marketing campaign was deceptively used by the president to sell us war in Iraq ("The Godfather," Tuesday, April 15, 2003). It's amazing to me that someone who makes use of the word "euphemism" in an column could, in the same column, call the overthrow of a fascist dictator a "business transaction" brokered on the equity of Sept.
Or James Wright's year-opening remarks as told by Dave Eggers. Look at me, you motherf"""ers.
To the Editor: So I read Hemant Joshi's editorial "A Day In The Life" on Monday, May 14th, and I think I understand the gist of it.
The Germans have a great word: schadenfreude. It means the taking of perverse pleasure in the misfortune or misery of others.
Abhishek Gangulee (The Dartmouth, April 10th, "Misguided Protest") makes a few nice points in his editorial, among them, that college students can be a bit myopic and overly earnest with what they view as horrible, Trustee-inflicted social injustice and undergraduate subjugation.
Coming from mixed, apostate parentage -- an Irish Catholic mother and a Jewish father -- I've grown up with a rather secular outlook on life.
At the risk of repeating what's already been said of the cultural wetwilly that is migrating to Hanover, N.H., allow me to add one more perspective -- that of the New Yorker.