9 MARCH 2002, page 32

Afghan Deaths

From Mr Oliver Kamm Sir: John Collins (Letters, 2 March) dissembles in his defence of Noarn Chomsky's claims of several million casualties of US action in Afghanistan. Chomsky......

Calgary Flame

From Mr William R. Morosse Sir: Please pass on to Taki that there were at least two gold medallists of African descent in the recent winter Olympic Games (High Life, 2 March).......

From Mr R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr

Sir: Taki writes in his column of last week . , handball, whatever that is'. Many of our mutual friends on both sides of the Atlantic have written to me saying that they were......

Ussher Nonsense

From Mr Chris Wheal Sir: Paul Johnson (And another thing, 16 February) wants another 'religious reawakening' in America. Bad idea. There are more than enough religious wackos......

Exams For Mps

From Mr Harry Woolf Sir: Your leading article of 2 March says that all spin doctors and special advisers to government should sit civil service exams. Many years ago I suggested......

In Praise Of Big Bums

From Mr Paul Coletti Sir: Jo Johnson (Down with Oncle Sam!', 23 February) quotes Jean-Pierre Chev'enement as saying that America is responsible for the tretinisation of the......

Heavenly Hostile

From Mr James Young Sir: Dot Wordsworth (Mind your language, 2 March) is right about the pronunciation of Osama bin Laden's first name. It's Osama, with the stress on the first......