Letters to the Editor
Ken Erfourth
Published Letters: 132 Editor's Choice: 11
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Well, now I know the worst things I can know about Mike Gravel
[Read the article: Don't worry, be Mike Gravel]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It may have been a fair article, but Alex Koppelman certainly doesn't seem to be omitting any negative facts available about Mike Gravel.
'He's blamed for the plane crash that killed Senator Steven's wife!'
I mean, jeepers, maybe the pilot and maintenance people had something to do with it too? Maybe if Gravel hadn't killed Steven's bill, the next flight might have featured a plane crash that killed both Stevens and his wife. Or the steak might have been tough. That would be Gravel's fault, too, I guess.
Hell, if one of Steven's fellow Senators had just beaned him ahead of the flight with the Clerk's gavel, and put him in the hospital for few days, the crash could have been averted entirely! Damn them and their uncaring politeness! I'm sure Stevens would have been properly grateful for his life-saving cranium bashing.
Some of the stuff in the story, doesn't sound so good. Gravel doesn't seem to have distinguished himself too much since he lost his Senate seat.
But I don't think it is fair to blame him for the plane crash...
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A very well done article about a shallow and selfish man
[Read the article: The stone is cast]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I thought the article was excellent. I can quibble, along with others, about the flavor of many of today's megachurches--which I think have more in common with Falwell than with Saint Thomas of Aquinas--but in general, the article pegged Falwell quite accurately.
He was a shallow bigot. He used his "faith" as a club to beat others down. He was a low racist who hid behind the cross.
I am no longer a member of a Christian church, but I can appreciate how many Christians found Falwell especially offensive. Along with Pat Robertson (and George Bush Jr), Falwell succeeded in making church membership abhorrent to loving people across the country. In a way, this has probably contributed to the extremism we associate today with many Christian congregations.
I don't really celebrate Falwell's death because he had become such a buffoon that his effectiveness was nearly nil. But I don't miss him either.
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It's a bad situation. But Cary's advice is also bad. Here's another way to look at it.
[Read the article: I don't want more kids but my wonderful husband does]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just don't see it happening. If she has the child, she'll be the one raising it. That's just how it works out 9/10ths of the time. On the other hand, there is this very nice guy she loves a whole bunch who would dearly love to cash in on his last chance to biologically reproduce.
So here's a real Solomic solution. Have the child, but put it up for adoption. That way, mommy doesn't have to raise another kid, but Daddy gets to reproduce biologically.
And who knows? Perhaps they will find an adoptive couple who will let biological Daddy participate in the nuturing. Nothing like having an extra uncle to take a kid fishing, go to soccer games, and to help with tuition.
That's not to make light of bringing a child to term for the woman. And then saying goodbye, forever. That's heavy in a way I can't even imagine. But the letter writer would have to consider that for herself. If it's the long grind of childrearing she wants to avoid, this might be a solution. I have a lot more faith in a man's ability to make 9 months (prodded by a biological imperative) very pleasant for a pregnant woman than I do in him doing the whole childrearing thing by himself.
I have two children I love dearly. I could not raise them by myself in any way near the fashion my wife and I do as a team. But I could be a hell of a great uncle.
I hope the letter writer and her wonderful husband find some middle ground through this very sad and special situation...
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Well, that was boring
[Read the article: John Edwards' speaking fees]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]John Edwards advised Fortress, a hedge fund with a tradition of supporting Democratic candidates. And he got PAID for it!
And he did lectures and got paid for those too!
And he earned royalties on his book!
And...wait, that's it?
Jeez, you guys need to get a life. And stop letting Hillary! and Company do all your 'journalism' for you.
How about detailing the $16 million Giuliani made over the last 18 months cashing in on 9/11?
What's Hillary! been up to? She get paid for any speeches?
Why is the Mediacracy so obsessed with presenting perfectly ordinary stuff about John Edwards with breathless urgency, and ignoring all the issues of substance?
What does the Establishment find so scary about John Edwards?
Now that's a story I'd be interested in reading!
P.S. The same report you were so interested in providing us partial copies of also details that the Edwards donated over $300,000 to charity last year. But I guess you ran out of room before you could mention that part.
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Excellent Advice, Cary.
[Read the article: I enlisted in the Army -- but now I've changed my mind!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]LW, if you don't want to be in the service, do exactly what Cary says right away.
Don't show up at the induction center and don't go anywhere with the recruiter. Contact the number Cary gave you.
When I enlisted, we recruited another guy who changed his mind (he got a good job). He said "no", the recruiter pitched a fit, nothing came of it. That's what I saw from the recruiter's side of the situation.
They don't own you, yet. Once you go to boot camp, everything changes.
Listen to Cary.
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Am I the only person who noticed this?
[Read the article: Who killed the honeybees?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]McDONALD: A few years ago, in a very remote part of the state, I found thriving bee populations that I assumed were feral. To help them along, I set up bait boxes and put in anti-mite strips. I slipped them in seed oil and made little puddles so the bees had to walk through the oil in this experiment I called "remote medication." But as the summer went on, the bees collapsed in spite of my attempts to help them.
"To help them along, I set up bait boxes and put in anti-mite strips."
Then they all died.
Doesn't anybody wonder if we're maybe "helping" our bees to death?