Letters to the Editor
mal2code
Published Letters: 4 Editor's Choice: 1
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stop being so sad
[Read the article: Wedding trashers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]here's a thought. instead of trashing the gown in an orgy of conspicious waste after the orgy of consumption, how about doing something with all that money that isn't purely for the sake of ego and self-congratulation?
oh, and get a life?
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Time for a systematic investigation of "Justice"
[Read the article: Bush civil rights nominee under fire]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The current administration appears comfortable leaving critical government jobs unstaffed. In one recently reported example, roughly one quarter of senior Homeland Security positions remain unfilled:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/08/AR2007070801201.html
In another example, the acting head of the violence against women office is simultaneously the US attorney for W. Pennsylvania:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07077/770524-85.stm
These are only two of many such examples. Understaffing or duplicate staffing of critical federal government posts helps the admin keep government costs artificially low while simultaneously undermining individual rights and public safety.
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Obama's family
[Read the article: Moving beyond Obama and race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maybe it's time for Obama to start talking about his family. Rural Pennsylvania voters are curious about his Kansas grandparents; women, intrigued by the pictures of his mother and her fascinating journey, want to know more about her. I understand his search for identity--the pain of learning, for example, that just being a black man might make him scary to women like his grandmother. But a little information about them might make his own path, and choices, a little clearer.
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the long race
[Read the article: The Democrats' anti-momentum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree that this contest seems to be stuck to the party's own disadvantage, but the lengthy horse race does keep the public's interest alive, which may serve the party in the longer term. People eagerly attending events for both Clinton and Obama, asking detailed questions about the economy, health care, and Iraq will be harder to fool when the Republican attack machine kicks in this September.