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It appears that the Bush administration has suddenly awakened to the very real threat of terrorist infiltration of the U.S. through the obviously porous border we share with Mexico. That it took an al-Qaeda operative to alert us to this obvious risk is ridiculous. What has our Homeland Security Department been doing? Wouldn't our nation be a lot more secure if, instead of spending billions of dollars in Iraq, we used the money to secure our borders?
DAVID COHEN
Wyckoff, N.J.

Hot Times in the Arctic

"Meltdown!" [Nov 22], your article on the impact of global warming in the Arctic, was especially timely in the wake of the re-election of Bush, who so arrogantly dismissed the Kyoto Protocol. The U.S. is a nation of selfish materialists who refuse to be good stewards of the earth, and we deserve every abuse Mother Nature heaps upon us. It's just too bad the rest of the world has to suffer with us.
CHERYL CLARK
Calera, Okla.

Be Seen and Not Heard

Re "10 Questions for Whoopi Goldberg" [Nov. 22]: She is an amazing actress, but Goldberg and the rest of Hollywood should stick to what they are good at. Since when do we care about actors' political views? I pay to watch their movies, not to hear their opinions. Goldberg's statement that the U.S. "is being pushed into a religious column" was all wrong. This country was founded by religious people. But our Founding Fathers are truly rolling in their graves right now because we have forgotten what they based this country on.
NICHOLAS DYER
Frisco, Texas