Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 114 Editor's Choice: 21
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got this little gem last xmas
[Read the article: Kitchen gadgets: The "Egg McMuffin" machine]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And the reason why I like it so much is that it is completely hands-off for the cooking stage. Yes, I can cook an egg on my stove top, but I'll be damned if I can unload the dishwasher or watch the baby while it cooks.
Like someone else said, I thinly slice my cheese and meat and add them to the egg chamber halfway through the cycle--then you have warm melted cheese and meat. But be careful when opening the lid.
But the teflon does come off. I think we found replacements on Ebay.
I mean, when this is an option, why would you just have a toaster that only toasts?
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leave now
[Read the article: My husband and I are fighting bitterly over our failing restaurant]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]His world is crumbling down and you're the go-to person to blame already. What's going to happen when things get really bad?
As someone who's been in the room when a loaded handgun was pointed in anger (at my parent), I think you have seen enough. Your previous marriage is just that--over. This is something new, something you didn't expect and don't deserve. You don't deserve the stress and your kids don't deserve what's happening to their mother.
What's the worst that could happen if you stay? What's the worst that could happen if you leave? I think it is pretty straightforward. If you want to work on your marriage, you don't have to be under the same roof as with someone with violent tendencies. Leave now.
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objecting to affirmative action
[Read the article: Clarence Thomas is not a sellout]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Of course blacks who object to affirmative action aren't race traitors. Who would suggest otherwise, and how seriously would anyone take them if they did? Wouldn't it be worse (not to mention improbable) for blacks to create a clearly artificial unified front in favor of affirmative action based around race--wouldn't that be playing right into the stereotype that all (fill in race here) think alike? So I don't think a book like "Sellout" needs to "open up" any "space" like Hannaham suggests--the space has been there--always. Why couldn't Hannaham see it before?
And Hannaham writes
"He may be responding to the blowback of insecurity that affirmative action kids sometimes suffer, the nagging suspicion that one can't truly compete without that leg up. Thomas may even be expressing that anxiety in his zeal to annihilate race-based institutional decision making."
"May"? Why speculate on Thomas' reasoning for not supporting affirmative action? Surely there is some piece of published work that outlines his objections, no?
Because I'm sure Thomas has other reasons for objecting to affirmative action. Many do, and not just conservatives. Affirmative action attempts to solve social problems by helping a few individuals. Using affirmative action for an admit to UC Berkeley doesn't do anything to help inner-city schools and the systemic under-funding they experience. Some may even say that affirmative action perpetuates inequality because of this. Affirmative action gets all of the attention, instead of the real problems.
So instead of just reporting on projections about Thomas' inner psyche, why not identify his actual argument and reasoning and debate that?
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I think this logic applies to every issue Broadsheet discusses
[Read the article: Women and Clinton: Damned if they vote, damned if they don't?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]so I wonder why it is Hillary Clinton's candidacy that gets us to see it so well?
In any event, Hillary Clinton will lose tonight, and I will be quite sad. I loves me some Hillary. And I would be willing to perform some questionable acts in order to see her being sworn in with Bill holding the bible, with outgoing George W Bush perceivably uncomfortable off to the side.
Let's face it, Hillary *highly* underestimated Obama. I think her final attack on Obama--that peace, love, and happiness isn't going to undo all the bad the Bush has done--came too late in game. That coupled with the fact that Obama appeals to people that would never vote for Hillary and it is game over for HRC.
And maybe this is a bit premature, but I don't think the Republicans are all that into this election at all. I think they're saying behind closed doors--let McCain run, and he'll get his ass handed to him, meanwhile whatever Democrat gets in--good luck to them! The war, the economy, healthcare, etc. There's no way to turn everything around in 4 years (more like 3 when the actual campaigning starts), and the Repubs will have a ready-made case against either a) the inexperienced Black guy with the middle name "Hussein" who couldn't get it together or b) the strident woman who couldn't make any progress because deep down she's a socialist.
I think that was probably the reason why Hillary was most appealing to me--she knew the next person who got the white house gig was going to be bombarded with bad, bad times. Maybe I'm a pessimist or underestimating Obama, but I don't know if he's prepared for what he's about to step into.
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try the radio
[Read the article: Slave to the boob tube]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was also raised on the tv, but hey, I turned out alright.
And we also have a 5 month old and a 50? 52?--I'm not sure on the specific size, but it is bigger than a small country--inch tv that dominates our living room. But the damn thing doesn't come on unless the baby is asleep for the night. And some nights we're just too damn tired to turn the thing on anyway. I mean, once you're too tired to stay up for Jon Stewart (and, honestly, it just doesn't feel the same watching recorded Daily Show, it just doesn't), what else is out there? Oh wait, I forgot the new season of Top Chef just started, damn.
But I'm with you--once I saw kiddo's round nogin creaking to get a glance at the oversized tv, I said no more.
Anyway, my solution? NPR. Granted, it is totally bourgeois talk, but hey, you can get your fill of news and events and baby gets exposure to language. I listen to Forum and All Things Considered and then convert over to some actual music, lest I be subjected to Fresh Air. Honestly, I don't know what's worse--the baby crying or Terry Gross and her smug sense of self importance.