Letters to the Editor
Gordon Wagner
Published Letters: 665 Editor's Choice: 16
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Why wasn't she photographed in a burqa..?
[Read the article: My lunch with an antifeminist pundit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Or the Americanized version, some ugly Laura Bush polyester pants suit with a pair of those fucking bow shoes... little shoes with tiny bows on them. And one of those modified string-tie neckties. And helmet hair. And a buttermilk Texas accent.
Now yall git back in the kitchen and make babies, y'hear..? Jesus said so.
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End run
[Read the article: Big Pharma's funny numbers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My personal observation while working in biotech was that a large amount of R&D funds is spent on figuring out how to essentially lift the work of others while avoiding their patents.
The strong background noise of greed made the occasional desperate caller seeking any experimental drug to save their own life or the life of a loved one all the more tragic.
We weren't there to save lives or alleviate suffering, we were there to MAKE MONEY. Something was not right. Life is worth much more than gold -- if you don't ask a suit.
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Truly tragic
[Read the article: A problem from hell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When I stop and consider the contributions to art, literature, science and architecture from Africans over the past thousand years, it is clear that there's a reason no one gives a damn about the endless slaughters, famines and pestilence that continent is noted for.
It's beyond Panglossian to pull on your letterman's sweater and pick up a megaphone and rally the masses to feed African stick babies -- so they can breed more African stick babies, who will then alternately starve and murder one another. I don't mean to encroach on P.J. O'Rourke territory, but it's not as if there's an established pattern lacking in this picture.
Sure, slap a "GENOCIDE" label on the latest slaughter if it makes you feel better. Write if you find work.
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In praise of older women
[Read the article: Kathleen Turner: Over 50, sexy and as smart as hell]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]She's no Sonia Braga nor Angelica Huston... rrwarr... hot stuff... for us grown-up guys...
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If the movie is half as amusing as the review
[Read the article: "Underworld: Evolution"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it would be worth the ten bucks to get in and buy a Coke...
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That Obscure Object of Desire
[Read the article: In search of young virgins]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Tentatively subtitled "the heart wants what the heart wants."
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What about I$rael's WMDs..?
[Read the article: Countdown to the Iranian bomb]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You know, those nuclear weapons that everyone on Earth seems to know about, but that somehow remain off the US radar screen decade after decade.
Say, where's you get the 500-pound gorilla in your living room..? I never noticed it before.
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What about I$rael's WMDs..?
[Read the article: Countdown to the Iranian bomb]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You know, those nuclear weapons that everyone on Earth seems to know about, but that somehow remain off the US radar screen decade after decade.
Say, where'd you get the 500-pound gorilla in your living room..? I never noticed it before.
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American women make the very worst wives in the world
[Read the article: Sexual healing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Whiny, neurotic... a couple of generations of self-absorbed Jennifer Anistons baffled at why their movie careers aren't taking off. A chuckle from well beyond the pale.
Having kids fundamentally changes things. A more fluid approach to what dear old Dr. Alex Comfort termed "loveplay" instead of the kabuki of pre-baby pole-in-hole sex would probably be pretty darn satisfying to both parties.
I remember I was a lot more interested in sleep than sex when the kids were really tiny and needed a lot of attention.
You've arrived at the new world. Burn your ships. Learn new dances.
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Don't YOU try and say anything like that, kids!
[Read the article: Ann Coulter: Someone should poison Justice Stevens]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Somehow Annie won't get a visit from the sober boys in the blue Crown Victoria. Gee golly wow, I have no idea why, either. Maybe because she's a brownshirt conservative tool with no morals?
btw, how's that Federal prosecution of Rush "Pills" Limbaugh coming along? Justice being served, there?
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Umm...
[Read the article: Daily Download: "The Greatest," Cat Power]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]File under Suzanne Vega...
Listen, drink some water, take a multi-vitamin, get some sleep... you'll feel better.
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Interesting article.
[Read the article: Men in love]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Love is an illusion. Marriage is misery. The vision and wherewithal to create a loving home from scratch isn't genetically programmed into either gender.
Freely giving of yourself without hesitation is the mark of an enlightened adult, spouse and/or parent -- there is no "later on" or "something else" -- the best visual I can come up with is a weld puddle with a MIG welder, you pull the trigger and maintain the molten pool of metal for the length of the weld. Kind of like a watercolor bead, but with molten metal, faith and patience and focus every minute of every day.
"When sitting, just sit. When walking, just walk. Above all, don't wobble."
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It's a no-win situation.
[Read the article: A student has approached me about his crisis of faith]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You can lead a horse to water... drag the kid to the philosophy or comparitive religion stacks in the library and wish them luck.
It's one thing to help someone step over a mud puddle, but if they're axle-deep and spinning their wheels in a bog, maybe you can just wish them well and leave them alone to figure it out.
There was no campaign against Christianity. Belief kind of fell away over the decades. The Earth isn't the center of the universe. It's often frightening that people cling to whatever bullshit lies they were fed during their early years.
Perhaps weaning the student away from what is no doubt a Christianity-centered universe would be a good first step, make some new non-church friends, find activities that aren't church-oriented... but all of this ought to be apparent to the student. You can drown in six inches of water if you don't have the brains to stand up.
Spiritual crisis..? Check this out: We BELONG here and everything is as it ought to be! Now go about your business, and cheer the fuck up, wouldja..???