Letters to the Editor
Romare
Published Letters: 5 Editor's Choice: 1
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Yes, it is a phase...
[Read the article: My son, the stranger]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I had two sons (now in their 30s) and went though some similar difficulties, also living in Marin County. I think this transition is particularly painful for single mothers and it's also made more difficult by the fact that mothers and sons have a special relationship and have often shared a great deal of closeness. Who knows? Maybe it even echoes abandonment or rejection by other men in our lives. Maybe we thought this was the one man we'd always have. And we will--if we waddle and wade through this painful time and manage to come out the other side, wait a few years until the man-boy is in his 20s, and he will come back to us with fierce loyalty, sometimes even admitting that he was a jerk and is sorry now for how he treated us. At this point in my life I feel treasured by my sons, and it's a great feeling. Hang in there! Keep praying, and keep doing all the things you can think of to take care of yourself and make yourself feel better in the meantime.
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Write to Today show
[Read the article: Ann Coulter and those "millionaire broads" from 9/11]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Several friends and I emailed the Today show asking exactly that (Today@NBC.com). We pointed out that having her on the show legitimizes her and allows her to flog her book, when in fact she is a bitter and nasty person who is so awful it's actually uncomfortable to watch her. I always wonder what terrible thing happened to this woman to turn her so bitter, but Today is not required to provide her with a forum for spewing her hate.
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I know this is a small point...
[Read the article: Spare votes?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But in addition to the reasons mentioned in the article for the well-publicized low score, it is also true that Barack is left-handed and almost all bowling balls are drilled for right-handers. It would be nice if the mainstream media ever bothered to fill in details of stories instead of just going with the screaming, often-inaccurate "headline."
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Joan, I usually agree with you...
[Read the article: Why Jeremiah Wright is so wrong]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and I agree with many of your points here. But I have listened to Cecil Williams preach black liberation theology for decades now, and I still would like to see a responsible journalist travel to Chicago and really talk to some of TUCC's congregation. As I'm sure you know, many are white. If Rev. Wright indeed is as you have characterized him, why do they continue to attend? Wouldn't that be an interesting area of inquiry?
I continue to be completely baffled at the missing support of the black clergy for Rev. Wright. Especially someone like Cecil, with his reputation and his penchant for talking, should have been all over television and talk shows explaining the theology and helping people (I guess I should say white people) understand what is going on here. The only person I've seen who has Rev. Wright's back is the president of the national UCC denomination, who I assume knew what was going on at TUCC and approved.
I cannot imagine that Rev. Wright did not ask Barack how he felt about the Moyers invitation before he accepted. Perhaps, unbeknownst to you and me, Barack would like to get this all hashed out now, long before November.
I, too, have despaired about this election. But I still believe, after a lifetime of sitting in black churches, that the black church constitutes a subculture in America that few white people understand the depth or meaning of and that bears looking into and understanding. Just because white America just found out about this subculture does not mean it wasn't there all along, performing a vital service to its community, and does not mean that it is dangerous or to be feared.
I beg you to seek further.
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I disagree
[Read the article: Obama is wrong about the gas tax]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There are other impacts to a gas tax holiday than simply whether the consumers save $28 or not. If the gas tax is not collected, then the highway fund loses that money. When they do not have money coming in from the gas tax, they have to stop repairing our highways and bridges. When they do that, it throws a lot of construction workers and companies out of work for the entire summer. These factors may not have been at work on the state level in Illinois.
In politics, it never pays to look at an issue from the smallest level; you have to move back and look at the entire picture and how each decision ripples out in multiple directions.