Letters to the Editor
anna12
Published Letters: 5
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More on Clinton Camp Infighting
[Read the article: More on Clinton camp infighting]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Isn't it odd that the candidate who says that she is "Ready to go, on day One" can't seem to hold her own campaign together? Where is the organized and buttoned-down HRC?
She has accused Sen Obama of not knowing what he's doing, but he does not suffer from her problems. Nor has he run out of money as Hillary has, more than once.
In addition, she did not win the delegate battle in Texas. She's just going further and further downhill.
If she wasn't a Clinton, she'd already be dismissed by the Party. Now she'll have to whine about this, too.
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Will Rev Wright Hurt Obama's Chances
[Read the article: Will Wright hurt Obama's chances?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The good Reverand does carry some baggage, but Sen Obama does not necessarity swallow everything that he says, hook, line and sinker. And there are white preachers who blame us for floods, tornadoes and other disasters; we're just not following them right now.
Sen Obama's belief that we can reason our way out of this tangle of resentments and false beliefs toward a more cooperative way to live is inspiring.
When he spoke to a crowd today in Charlston, his audience included people of many colors & nationalities, of every apparent legal voting age, and of differing economic status. In other words, a little bit of all of us. I do not believe that his campaign will be hurt in the long run. It will take a while for everyone to think about what he's said, then we'll join him for the journey ahead.
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Mysterious oleander planting
[Read the article: The strange case of midnight renegade oleander gentrification camouflage]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think that Cary may have not quite hit this one squarely, but I do agree that you're better off to cool it a little.
You might be able to help your neighbor by dropping off a meal once in a while, or offering to "straighten up", not clean, her kitchen. If she's become frail she may have other tasks that are now more than she can manage. Ask.
Offer to check with your local Office for the Aging to see what she may qualify for, help with cooking or cleaning, or going to run errands, or checking in with her doctor. Does she keep up with her prescriptions, does she have Medicare D?
Then you could gently bring the topics up in a conversation when you might ask if you could give her a hand. Tell her that you respect her feelings for privacy, but that you want her to be safe in her own home. Tell her that you miss your own mother, if you do.
And bless you for checking on her; she may have outlived her own family.
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lack of ability to spell
[Read the article: Poor America]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I really do care about spelling. When I see printed errors, I literally wince. The pains are small, but they occur all the time.
Once it happened that most everyone could read and spell, and compose a well balanced sentence, a thoughtful letter, or a lovely thank you note. I don't believe that it is any less important today.
If you feel stupid, you may indeed be stupid. If you would study, maybe you would feel more capable and happier. Give it a thought. Give it a try.
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Vonnegut's posthumous collection
[Read the article: How "Slaughterhouse Five" was born]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Slaughterhouse Five" is the first of Vonnegut's books that I read so many years ago, and he has been my favorite writer ever since. I sat down to cry when I read that he had died.
He was so intelligent, so precise in his language. But he always stood a little aside, to comment wryly on the proceedings in the book, or on current events.
The way he recorded history is a perfect example of what we should know, so as to not repeat. What a master, and what a great gift for us.