Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 37 Editor's Choice: 6
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Prior coverage
[Read the article: Secrets and lies]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For those of you who may find this story familiar but can't quite place why, Salon did a piece on Masri earlier this year: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/14/prisoner_story/index.html
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Funny, but...
[Read the article: Sweet and sour 16]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It would have been much funnier had Scarlett J. made it less obvious that she was reading the cue cards.
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Monologue is still available
[Read the article: Ferguson's Wake]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't know for how much longer, but you can still view the entire monologue here:
http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/comedy/
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lukewarm
[Read the article: "V for Vendetta"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I watched it tonight, and was fairly disappointed. Not much subtlety in the message. Portman's acting (and accent) was sub-par. And the general pacing of the film seemed uneven.
It showed great promise (it's been awhile since I've watched a movie on opening day), but, in the end, it didn't execute as well as I had hoped.
-Al
P.S. Lay off the personal attacks on SZ.
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Ralph's World
[Read the article: Kindie rock]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Shame that there is no mention of Ralph's World. His music, which has been a hit with every friend's kid for whom I've bought his CDs, is very entertaining. (I must have bought at least a dozen of his CD's. They make for great birthday and Christmas gifts.)
His music rocks and can be quite funny. "Take a Little Nap", a kid-oriented take on "Shake Your Booty!" and "Get Down Tonight" is classic.
(Ralph's World is Ralph Covert, of Chicago-based rock band the Bad Examples.)
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CB, what's with the hate?
[Read the article: The riot quiets]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]so who cares if they broke up? Oh, right, young white feminists who embrace identity politics.
I care. And I'm male, Asian, and a huge fan. In what pigeonhole do you fit me?
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Age
[Read the article: Down with the Iraqis]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]<<He's retired from Britain's foreign service and he's spent decades in the Arab world.>>
Actually, Lucy, the article states a "decade-long experience in the Muslim world." Since the Muslim world stretches beyond the Arab countries (i.e. Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.), then this seems to hold.
From Wikipedia:
"Rory Stewart OBE, born 1973, is a Scottish writer, born in Hong Kong, raised in Malaysia and educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied history and philosophy.
"After a brief period as an officer in the British Infantry (the Black Watch) , Stewart joined the Foreign Office. He served in the British Embassy in Indonesia from 1997 to 1999, as the British Representative to Montenegro in the wake of the Kosovo campaign and as Coalition Deputy Governor of Amarah and Senior Advisor in Nasiriyah, Iraq during 2003–2004. From 2004, he was a Fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University, USA. He has travelled extensively, notably in Iraq and Afghanistan. From 2000-2002 he walked on foot across Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, India and Nepal, a journey of 6000 miles."
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Neat.
[Read the article: Attack of the killer puppy!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's one tough puppy! (With or without the soundtrack.)
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But... what's wrong with it?
[Read the article: Strike another blow for voter I.D. requirements]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't understand, though, why it would be perceived wrong to require identification. Would it not help to prevent voter fraud?
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"Dumbass"?
[Read the article: Strike another blow for voter I.D. requirements]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for the personal attack, jcb. I happen to be a minority, and I thought that was a legitimate question to ask.
I also happen to live in an area known to have experienced voter fraud in past elections(Chicago). Photo ID's seem pretty appropriate to me.
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Oops. Guess I am one. :-)
[Read the article: Strike another blow for voter I.D. requirements]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Didn't realize jcb's message wasn't directed at me. Had the message sorted differently than I'm used to.
mizbinkley, I don't know if photo id's will eliminate voter fraud, but would it at least curtail it? I mean not requiring an ID means one can simply drop by and say you're your next-door-neighbor and vote on their behalf, right?
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In Denny Green's immortal words...
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's time to "crown their asses". The Bears are playing at the Super Bowl!
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lower threshold of humor
[Read the article: Barack: Poster wars]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I found it mildly funny (not knee-slapping hilarious, but I was amused enough to watch through the whole clip), and as a Barack fan and neighbor (a few blocks down!) I didn't find this to be a Fox-ian jab at Obama. Let's not be so sensitive.
As for the Dane Cook rip-off, having not seen more than a few minutes' worth of his act, I didn't see it as a stolen bit. But on the subject of Dane Cook, now that's a comedian whose humor I really don't get. That and I don't get his following. It doesn't make sense to me. I'm absolutely puzzled by it. The guy is not funny.