Letters: Mar. 19, 2007

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"What Joe Wants" [March 5] Discussed Senator Joe Lieberman's cross-aisle flirtation and his seeming preference for John McCain in 2008--in the hope that McCain would select Joe as his vice-presidential running mate. Although a Lieberman crossover would turn control of the Senate back to the Republicans, a 2008 gain in the Senate by the Dems would force him out of the limelight he so assiduously craves. He might consider a crash course in chess before it's checkmate for his political influence.

FRED PLEMENOS Lexington, Mass.

Lieberman lost the democratic primary because his constituents know that he is a lightweight shifting his allegiance as the wind blows, trying to play both sides of every issue. He is the poster child for term limits in Congress. He is still there because he is working the system for himself, rather than for the American people. How do we get rid of him?

BOYCE ABBOTT Chicago

A Galactic Joyride

In your article on the thrust to develop space tourism [March 5], you didn't point out the enormous amount of energy required for a brief thrill ride to space. The sole significant justification for manned spaceflight is ... more spaceflight. Manned spaceflight for exploration's sake is one thing. Trying to justify it on economic grounds is another.

JOHN DAY Powell, Ohio

On one hand, Sir Richard Branson has pledged millions of dollars in the fight against global warming. On the other hand, his Virgin Galactic will send passengers on a joyride, first via jet, then via spacecraft, burning up an insane amount of carbon-based fuel and adding substantially to global warming. Is Branson's first effort supposed to cancel the other?

DANIEL LONG San Francisco

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