Letters to the Editor
broomfondle
Published Letters: 43 Editor's Choice: 3
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she is lucky in ways she doesn't see
[Read the article: I can't stand losing my beauty as I age!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Woe to her if she didn't notice her inner turmoil and what it means in a deeper sense. She will grow out of this pain and be happier with herself.
I liked Cary answer.
Never had any plastic work myself, but I've seen it look silly & weird in many people. Be careful with that.
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boooorrrrring
[Read the article: Should I take my husband's name?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm sorry, but who cares?
Call yourself Son of Sam and get a real worry.
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the anger is familiar
[Read the article: The atheist delusion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The anger I sense from the posted letters remind me of when I was an atheist. When I had to think of religious thought, it invoked anger in me, like "what a pack of idiots that they are brain-washed by a man-made idea of god" etc and so forth.
What drew me away from being a declared atheist wasn't a church, holy book or a person. I was enrolled quantum mechanics at Bucknell University and one day in class I was struck with the thought that science IS exactly like a religion. Measuring and quanitifying probabilities that sub-atomic particles, which is taken on assumption that they exist at all, may or may not be a particular state seemed a lot like .... faith.
That was years ago and faith has become important to me. There is a creator. How the creator made the universe, that is something for the scientists to figure out. If Darwin is correct and I would say he is, thank you Darwin for the knowledge. But when answering as to why the creator made the universe, that is something that is found personally.
Sorry if I pissed off anyone. I am sure I did, atheists and christian fundamentalist are so easy to predict. Those groups are more alike than they even know.
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@ClearBlueSea
[Read the article: The atheist delusion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Now don't get down on me. I said my piece and was not making any sort of query or entreating anyone. You can say your piece without using me to receive your ill-humor.
I understand you, I truly truly do. And I can sincerely say, congrats. You made your choice, good for you. May all good things come your way. And I do mean that in the nicest way possible.
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I'm more like Gandhi?
[Read the article: "We're all fascists now"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for the direction to www.politicalcompass.org.
I tested as left-libertarian, just a few tics below Gandhi and Nelson Mandella. Not too bad company, I must say.
Pretty accurate as I do believe is gov't involvment where needed in the economony only IF the gov't is responsive to the people. Also, I am live and let live type of guy.
An interesting quote from the site:
"despite popular perceptions, the opposite of fascism is not communism but anarchism (ie liberal socialism), and that the opposite of communism ( i.e. an entirely state-planned economy) is neo-liberalism (i.e. extreme deregulated economy)"
Goldberg is delusional. That is the nicest thing I can say about him.
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@AisAlogic
[Read the article: Republicans have become the credibility-free party]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You said...
"Universal health care" will fail here, it will result in shortages and waiting lists and LESS actual health care, just as it has in England and Canada
That cannot be true. I say this because as democratic nations, the citizens of the UK (not England) and Canada would remove their universal health care system if it did not work for them. But they won't AND they do not wish to. So, their health care system is a success, not a failure.
Universal health care, while an expense, results in MORE freedom for the individual. If everyone had guarantee health care, there would less impending an individual from starting their own business. As a business owner, they would not have to provide health care for employees nor would they need to worry about obtaining health care for themselves and their families. We all would be more free to change jobs.
Also, if the US had universal health care, corporations could turn all their profits back into business or dividends to shareholders instead into health care premimiums for employees.
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Change jobs as often as you feel the need
[Read the article: I think I'm addicted to quitting my job!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm on my 3rd job in 5 years. I'm a sofware engineer as are some of the other posters. Truth is, I get bored. This job is not creative, mostly. In most cases, I take what I did before or what someone else did and twick it bit for the new situation, and there's my day. Granted, took hard time in university classes to get the skills, but now, even new technologies don't seem to be all that new. I suppose that's the same for all jobs.
To get any new stimulation, I move on. I've worked for telecommunications and health insurance corporations. Now I'm in the public sector and looking to move on again. A job at a farm equipment company looks like my next gig.
In my field, I can't see what you get for staying on anywhere too long. I've considered contract work or consulting, but always been a permament hire and no one seems interested on offering me temp work. That, I don't understand.
I am an outlier, an IT worker who is 50 years old & mother of 4. Got my SW degree after my children were grown. Loved getting my degree and I am good at what I do. Well, I don't get complaints, not yet anyway.
After entering the work world, I was surprised what a prison it is. As a homemaker, I did what I wanted when I wanted. As a cube dweller, I am expected to do the same thing for 8+ hours a day.
I don't like doing anything so much I want to do it 8+ hours a day 5+ days a week. A definition of torture that there ever was one.
Finally, the biggest work and task completing obstacles I've experienced are with those people who have been with the same position way way too long. In my opinion, it is good for business to experience a personnel refresh. So, by changing jobs often you may be doing the business a favor.