Entries for March 2008

"Nightmare on Main Street" [March 10] missed the point about the skyrocketing increase of home prices since the beginning of this decade, which was caused more by the Fed's continuous rate cuts than by the rampant and reckless release of subprime loans.

I thoroughly enjoyed "Picture Power" [March 10] on political cartoons.

If you knew the words to "Arirang," the Korean folk song played by the New York Philharmonic in North Korea recently, you would immediately recognize that there is an English song with the same motif ["A Performance to Remember," March 10].

I found "The Prescription for Nature Deficit Disorder" [March 10] quite interesting.

Regarding the article "Saving Symbols of Shame" [March 10] concerning the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans: Tragically, during wartime, many innocents are caught up in the struggle.

In "White House Moving Day Tab: $8.9 Million" [March 17], the date of the next inauguration is Jan. 20, 2009.

"The Burden of Duty" [February 25-March3] was right on regarding the strain the war on terror has had on our fighting men and women.

Money manager and PIMCO founder Bill Gross is right to be worried about this nation's financial system ["Looking to Washington to Save Housing," February 25-March 3].

I am a middle-aged, middle-class white guy who must also be a racist because the main reason I voted for Barack Obama in my state primary is his race ["The Obama Effect," February 25-March 3].

It is understandable that charcoal is a valuable commodity in Congo ["The Story Behind the Deaths in the Jungle," February 18].