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The article explores SARDINIA, WELL INTO modern times, had all the trappings of a colony. The highlands of the interior still go by the name "Barbagia ," from the Greek word for barbarians. In the nineteenth century, Piedmontese capitalists stripped the island for timber to build railways for the mainland. The native people featured as an attraction for Europe's Grand Tourists, who regarded them as a curious sampling of primitives.

This article presents letters to the editor in response to articles in previous issues of "The New Republic." Articles that received responses include "The Anti-Anti-Americans," about French anti-Americanism, in the Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 2005 issue, "The Shorn Identity," on France's experience with immigration (Nov. 28-Dec. 5), "Withdrawal Symptoms," on Hillary Clinton (Nov. 21, 2005), and "Multiple Choices," urging liberals to confront abortion as a public health issue (Nov. 28-Dec. 5).

Several letters to the editor, along with some responses to them, are presented in reference to articles in previous issues including "Cross Purposes," in the November 13, 2006 issue, "Ay, Caramba," in the November 6, 2006 issue, and "It Could Be Worse," in the October 16, 2006 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles "Without a Doubt," "Crossing Over," and "The Art of Losing," all from the April 3, 2006 issue.