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July 11th, 2007 issue

Immigration needs

Economists predict population levels will drop by a third in former communist countries by 2050, in a report just released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. (“Police raids prepare for Schengen,” News, July 4–11)
The Czech Republic is one of those countries. It would seem to me to be in the best interest of the country to have very lenient laws regarding immigration. The aging population will need workers from somewhere to support them.
Karel Vrany
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
Beer classic
Your paper leaves out one of the older and more renowned pivní zahradas in all of Prague — U Kotvy, Spálená 11, Prague 1 (“The garden path,” Night & Day, June 27–July 4).
This beer garden has been around for more than 100 years and still has the same feel it must have had back then. Owner Radek Mráz has worked hard to keep the classic feel of the beer garden itself. The prices for mossy, cellar-cold Staruse are still reasonable for Prague 1. The beer is awesome, the food good and cheap. The service is a notch above surly (again classic). The place always fills by 4:30 p.m. during the week and is populated by a mixture of students and older folks who used to populate it when they were students. It is off the beaten path for tourists, which is a comfort for Prague 1.
Why your paper continues to overlook this classic Czech gem that truly embodies the concept of a beer garden is beyond me.
Daniel Pereyo
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
 
Bush ’n’ Libby
It was with great disappointment but no surprise that I learned U.S. President George W. Bush had conveniently “unarranged” the prison term handed down to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
For some time now it has been clear the Bush administration has no respect whatsoever for human rights (consider the horrendous treatment of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib; just two of countless examples), democracy (consider how Mr. Bush has undermined democracy in the Palestinian territories) or international law (consider the illegal invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq; and the deliberate ignorance of the Geneva and Vienna conventions).
In spite of this, I have always considered Mr. Bush a patriot. We now see the Bush administration has no respect for justice and the rule of law in the United States itself.
Indeed, Mr. Bush is no patriot. He would rather protect his cronies at the expense of U.S. justice. This idea is not restricted to Mr. Libby, but also extends to U.S. Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales and others. Mr. Bush is guilty of obstruction of justice. What happened to the old USA, our beacon of democracy, human rights and justice?
Dr. Rory E. Morty
Giessen, Germany


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