Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Tour de France (1988).

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This is a view of the Mackinac Bridge from the ramparts of Fort Michilimackinac. Click to enlarge. The bridge opened for traffic seven months after I was born.

To the Editor:

Re “Is Money Corrupting Research?,” by Luigi Zingales (Op-Ed, Oct. 10):

Let’s restate the question: Can you identify any situation in which money is never a corrupting influence on one or more parties to a given situation?

For all other situations, money can be deemed a corrupting influence; therefore, full disclosure of money source, amount and timing is necessary to evaluate the magnitude of its corruptive influence.

GLENN PHINNEY

Belmont, Calif.

Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays and their fans. The Blue Jays came back from a two-games-to-none deficit to defeat the Texas Rangers in five games in the American League Division Series. The Rangers don't just lose; they lose in the most disgraceful way imaginable. I don't know why I bother with them.

I saw this gaggle of Canadian Geese during today's bike ride. Click to enlarge.

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To the Editor:

As migrants from the Middle East and North Africa continue to pour into Western Europe, increasingly through “back door” portals (“Why Are Migrants in the Arctic, on Bikes? Path Leads to Europe,” front page, Oct. 10), other countries besides Germany and Sweden that are (or will be) “labor short” over the next 20 years—like China, Japan, Russia and South Korea—should open their doors to those fleeing persecution and war-related violence, at least temporarily.

This would be mutually beneficial: It would alleviate the impending labor shortages in these countries to the benefit of their national economies, and would offer much-needed relief to the desperate refugees washing up on Europe’s shores.

IRA SOHN

Upper Montclair, N.J.

The writer is a professor of economics and finance at Montclair State University.

Note from KBJ: Is there any reason to think you'll get laborers rather than rapists and murderers?