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      09.29.05 


      Doctor Without Patience
      In "Give the Lawyer His Cut" (On My Mind, Oct. 3, p. 42) Alexander 
      Tabarrok, an economics professor, argues that exorbitant contingency fees 
      of 33% are actually good for the injured and society. He sounds like 
      Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street. As a practicing oncologist I have 
      yet to encounter a patient who stopped smoking because the trial lawyers 
      ripped the tobacco industry in the name of the public interest. Western 
      Europe has better health outcomes for fewer GDP dollars than the U.S. 
      Their trial lawyer industry is rudimentary compared with their American 
      counterparts, with laughably small jury awards. Please, professor, don't 
      instruct your students that greed is good. We all know how the movie ends. 


      Aleksandar Jankov
      Memphis, Tenn. 


      Prelate Power
      As you described in "Catholics in Crisis" (Sept. 19, p. 112), Geoffrey T. 
      Boisi's plan for the Catholic Church's finances is the only game in town. 
      The protests of Father C. John McCloskey, of Opus Dei, and others who 
      claim that allowing the laity to bring modern management techniques to the 
      Church's finances is tantamount to letting it control the theology of the 
      Church is disingenuous. Many of the "traditionalist" organizations named 
      in your article are the ones hijacking the theology of the Catholic 
      Church. Strongly opposed to the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, 
      Opus Dei's contributions buy a lot of anticonciliar theology. Their role 
      in the Church is further complicated by the "personal prelature" status 
      granted to them by John Paul II, which leaves them free of all local 
      authority and answerable only to the Pope. Talk about a management 
      problem! 

      Catharine A. Henningsen
      Editor, SALT: The Op-Ed Page of the Catholic Church
      Rye Brook, N.Y. 


      No Ordinary Bird?
      The swan you describe at Devil's Lake in "Oh, Just Hit It With a Hummer" 
      (Sept. 19, p. 62), which GM vice chairman Robert Lutz and wife Denise are 
      trying to protect, is no ordinary bird. He and his mate have been around 
      for a decade. This swan is practically a mascot to many Michiganders. Bob 
      and Denise don't deserve to be subjected to the outlandish humor conveyed 
      by your headline. If more people had as much compassion as the Lutzes, 
      this world would be a far better place to live in. 

      Jan Huss
      Manitou Beach, Mich. 

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