Letters to the Editor
dianaw
Published Letters: 36 Editor's Choice: 7
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Amaechi column
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]King: As you know, I always enjoy your columns and consider you one our best sports writers. This is one of your best, on a really important topic. In an ideal world of course, it wouldn't be important, and Mr. Amaechi's announcement would be completley unnecessary. Hopefully, columns like yours will help to make that ideal a reality.
Then "Do you have game?" will be the only important question. Thanks again.
Diana Witt
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Beyond the Multiplex
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Andrew. This is a great essay. As it happens, I have not seen any of this year's foreign/doc nominees except Inconvenient Truth, which I thought contained a little too much Al Gore, even though he is right, and he will probably win. I'm planning to see "Lives of Others" this weekend. I've just been busy. (Rent Raise the Red Lantern, that's a great film). I'm wondering if the emergence of documentary film as a more serious category might be due to several factors. First, more docs are being made. Look at the buzz around the documentary films at Sundance. Second, there are more outlets for docs to be seen. Even relatively obscure nontraditional outlets like PBS and HBO have been able to generate buzz over certain doc films they have shown. Third, I think it might be somewhat generational. I'm 60, so what do I know, but for my kids, 25 and 28 (and yes, white, middle class and college-educated), doc films and foreign films are huge. To them, mainstream Hollywood is just something to step over. And that's not even getting into Netflix, stuff shown on You-Tube, and McSweeney's, DVD outlets in ethnic neighborhoods, etc. Think long-tail here. Finally, I wonder if the utter failure of mainstream media to do any serious coverage of important news issues has created a vaccuum that doc films can fill? I've said enough. I look forward to more of your work and more great docs and foreign films. Thanks again for your work.
Diana Witt
diana.witt@comcast.net
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honorary oscars
[Read the article: And Salon's honorary Oscar goes to...]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dear Ms. Zacharek: Thanks for a wonderful essay. I still recall the first time I saw Mr. Baldwin in "Working Girl." Needless to say, he all but stole the picture. I loved "The Departed", (it's my favorite for this year). And Mr. Baldwin is completely brilliant in it. He should have been nominated, but it doesn't matter. You've totally convinced me to see "Running with Scissors."
A final comment. I think the Oscars are a total crock, but sometimes they get it right. "Casablanca" is playing on TCM tonight. A fitting tribute to Oscar night I suppose.
I haven't seen it in a while. There aren't too many perfect movies, but this is one of them. It is truly one of the best movies ever made. Sometimes, Oscar gets it right. Love your work. Have a nice Oscar night.
Diana Witt
diana.witt@comcast.net
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"liberal" candidates
[Read the article: Who's the "most liberal" candidate? Here we go again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]At this point in time, is the "liberal" label so negative?
It would seem to me that those of us who support candidates like Obama (I haven't committed to anyone yet), should be working to make the words "conservative" and "evangelical" have the same negative connotation. We're already half-way there with the cloud surrounding the label "neocon." Maybe it's time for the labels "liberal" and "progressive" to become symbols of thoughtfulness and purpose and having a vision for the future. The 21st century is here!
Diana W
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Elizabeth Edwards
[Read the article: The road goes on for John and Elizabeth]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree with just about everything everyone has said, with the exception of the reference to C******. (I refuse to use her name). It should not matter at all whether she says anything or not. It will only matter if someone is idiotic enough to give it any air or press time. There is no reason to put that lunatic and Elizabeth Edwards in the same brain wave.
DianaW
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Anatomy of a delay
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What happend to the poor dog???
Diana W
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Ask the pilot
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for pointing out the reference to the dog. I did re-read the article last night, but missed the reference to the dog's fate. Must have been tired. This is, indeed, a great article by an "insider," and thanks to Patrick for writing it. However, it does nothing to dispel the great truth I have always believed about airlines: They all lie, all the time. But it's still a great story, and can we have a little more civility in the letters here? Rudeness does nothing to enhance the dialog.
DianaW
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Why can't we all just get along?
[Read the article: Why can't we all just get along?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wait a minute, how about the Republicans reaching out to cooperate with the Democrats? In case McCain hasn't noticed, the Dems won in Nov. '06. And the public is behind their agenda, not the Republicans. I think the Repubs need to change gears and get with reality.
Diana W.
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manipulating justice
[Read the article: Manipulating Justice to win elections]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have a question for the Salon experts. You may have discussed this, but I've busy and haven't paid full attention. Here are my questions:
1. Have the 7 fired attorneys been replaced (I'm excluding the Griffin Arkansas replacement), and if so by whom?
2. If they have been replaced, are they now permanent because they were hired before the Senate oversight rules were reinstated? (That is, between December and March)?
3. If there are are already replacements in these posts, then has Rove's mission already been accomplished. If Bush-supporting ideologues are already in position in 8 states that are up for grabs in 08, then the Repubs already have all they need to manipulate those elections.
4. In this worst-case scenario, is there anything Congress, the states, and netroots can do now to fix it?
Diana Witt