Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 3 Editor's Choice: 1
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Coach...
[Read the article: Coach]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...is a very good read. As the father of two daughters (one of whom plays middle school basketball and played on a coed rec team for two years--her male teammates tried their mightiest not to pass the ball to her), I can attest to much of what Ms. Straight has written. While reading this piece, a pleasant thought came to mind: isn't Title IX wonderful! That America's female athletes are scrapping and fighting on basketball courts, softball fields, soccer fields and just about everywhere their male counterparts are...I say BRAVO! And cheers to Straight's ex, for (a) coaching; and (b) coaching properly. Nice work.
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I'd sign up for XM Radio...
[Read the article: The rise and fall of T.O.]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...if Ms. Paglia hosted her own XM sportstalk show--one based in Philly (and perhaps co-hosted with current WIP personalities) would be fine. The pleasure (and exasperation) that she would bring to her co-host, audience and callers would make for a can't-miss radio show.
As for her TO article, I think Paglia is, at least to some extent, exaggerating the link between the Owens drama and increased racial tension in the sports arena. Race is always there. Always.
Regarding McNabb--it doesn't seem fair that he should be burdened with Owens' selfish and immature actions. Playing QB at a high level in the hyper-competitive NFL is tough enough...the Owens affair and its tentacles that connect to McNabb suggest that playing QB at the NFL level, as a black man, is even tougher...all of which is not fair to Donovan McNabb.
Finally, somewhere on the 'net sportswriter Skip Bayless (who covered Owens while he was a 49er)...several months ago...correctly predicted that Owens would break up the Eagles, and that the Eagles would be sorry that they ever signed him. Bayless got that one right.
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...on these responses
[Read the article: My lunch with an antifeminist pundit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...comments from 'Anonymous' bear repeating:
*Why all the animus for Rebecca?
*These angry letters seem emblematic of one of the biggest problems in liberalism today: we attack ourselves, not the outer opponent. We spend all our energy debating fine points and shades of meaning with people who fundamentally agree us with us.
*The personal attacks on the writer are really unbelievably harsh. The problem is Kate O'Beirne, not Rebecca Traister.
I couldn't have said it better myself.