MAILBAG:

The photograph of people arranging themselves on the sand at Corona del Mar Beach spelling out “End Genocide Now” is a masterpiece of visual graphics, (“A letter among many,” Sept. 7)

The Muslim leaders in far off Sudan, where genocide is going on, even with Islamic law, can’t suppress the black rebels.

Closer to home, for our local paper, we could have people arranging themselves to spell out “Open El Toro International Airport Now.” Irvine is in a quandary as to what to do with its badly polluted Great Park which may take 1,000 years to clean up. The best option for Irvine right now is to open the airport and use the income to clean up the mess the Navy left behind.

DONALD NYRE

Newport Beach

Author is not a serious scholar

This letter is regarding “The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality” by Jerome Corsi. This book is no more credible than any of Corsi’s other writings, including those on oil’s being a resource that the Earth replenishes, George Bush is trying to dissolve the borders of the United States, that Democratic politicians are on the payroll of Iran, that John McCain’s campaign is funded by Al Qaeda and that the United States government caused the World Trade Center to fall.

A large portion of the media treats Corsi as if he is a serious scholar, despite his extreme distortions of reality. Corsi has made several statements that are anti-Islamic, anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic and homophobic. Corsi is so bigoted that even the people behind the Swift Boat ads have abandoned him for his extremist views. “The Obama Nation” contains the same lies about Obama that have been rebutted for years, and even gets essential facts wrong, including Obama’s wedding date and African citizenship laws.

We need to stop extremists like Corsi from getting the publicity he wants and uphold the integrity of the media.

JOHN TICE