The mail.(Letter to the Editor)

In "The Festering Problem of Indian 'Sovereignty'" (September), Jan Golab has condensed the monumental mess that is federal Indian policy into a six-page eye-opener that all members of Congress should read and heed. The problems outlined by Golab are going to get progressively worse until Congress can find within itself the courage and integrity to act. Fixing, or better yet, totally eliminating, federal Indian policy is no longer a question of if, but when.

Scott Peterman

Oneida, New York

We have the same worries in Britain as the ones presented in Samuel Huntington's "One Nation, Out of Many" (September). The elite, often self-styled, are pushing for multiculturalism. The large numbers of Muslim immigrants are usually keeping themselves together as a separate nation. (Chinese, Hindus, and Sikhs are eager to integrate and are generally welcome.) Any expression of disquiet is trashed as racialism. That is unjust. There is a problem here, and it should be addressed.

Brian Gunn

Nottingham, England

Rodney Stark's "Fact, Fable, and Darwin" (September) claims incorrectly that, "There is no plausible scientific theory of the origin of species" Variation from one generation to the next, combined with the geographical isolation of groups, can be expected to give rise to the development of new species. Not only are there firm theoretical foundations for believing this; there is direct evidence, in the form of laboratory experiments and field observations. A quick internet search on "observed instances of speciation" will take you to several Web sites presenting such evidence.