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LETTERS, Page 8Lessons from Thatcher
Michael Kinsley carefully catalogs all of Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher's faults and failures but goes on to admire her
strong leadership (ESSAY, May 15). If her policies are
shortsighted, harsh and self-defeating, as many think, then to have
them linked to effective leadership is the worst possible fate for
a nation.
Stephen Samuelson
Hastings, England
Your essayist's poignant assertion that Thatcher "has taught
the British people self-discipline" while Reagan and Bush have
taught Americans self-indulgence is not quite accurate. Prime
Ministers and Presidents are products of their electorates.
Americans, and consequently our Government, have a credit-card
mentality that did not originate with Reagan and Bush. U.S. voters
have shown politicians what it takes to be elected.
Jim Donnelly
Mahwah, N.J.
Mr. Kinsley felt he received poor service when he visited the
Wales Travel Center in London. As manager of that facility, I can
only apologize. However, it is quite unusual for a statistical
sample of one to receive such global coverage. Our own more
comprehensive statistics paint a totally different picture of
satisfied customers, especially from the U.S. I do hope that on his
arrival in Wales, Mr. Kinsley did find an "infinite lack of rush,"
as this is precisely what American visitors to Wales are often
looking for.
Ceri Thomas
London