Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 1264 Editor's Choice: 102
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Does this mean
[Read the article: Karl Rove and Fox News, (officially) together at last]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fox News is also resigning from the Bush administration?
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Circumcision as a prevention method
[Read the article: Male circumcision no help to women?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is a great idea - on a consensual basis, for grown men. The study does not seem to address the effect of being circumcised from birth - and I am against cutting of the genitals of ALL minors as a precautionary measure to make up for men who can't keep it in their pants when they grow up. So count me among those for whom non-consensual genital cutting is always wrong.
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The dam is breaking....
[Read the article: Our candidates, ourselves]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have never in my life been swayed by an endorsement. But Katha Pollitt makes so much sense. As always. Now if Obama can just hold out until I get a chance to vote for him in March! But beware, Obama supporters: I was an Edwards person before, so I am probably bad juju. I guess I'll stay undecided after all. Now that all the dust from the sniping has settled, I'm truly quite happy with both candidates again.
Rebecca, I do love the way you write. I hope your appearance on one of the political blogs does not forebode your imminenet departure from this publication!
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OK, here's what I'm seeing
[Read the article: The end of menstruation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1) Article discusses overextension of pharmaceuticals through marketing that pathologizes NORMAL female functioning.
2) People with ABNORMAL periods jump down article writer's throat.
Why the disconnect?
The way I see it is that Big Pharma is constantly creating drugs for people with real problems. YAY! But apparently there aren't enough people with real problems for them to make enough money (how could there ever be enough money???), so they market the drugs to 1) people *without* any real problems and/or 2) people with *different* real problems.
I think people should have choices. But I still don't think aggressive marketing to women with NORMAL periods - and/or their doctors - is responsible. Think about the first Pill, with massive estrogen levels that were corrected only after women started dying. Think about the not-so-miraculous side effects of HRT. Think about what is in it for the drug reps who take your doctor to dinner and convince him or her that their designer drug is the New Best Thing for Everybody. Do they really have your best interests at heart?
I guess what I'm saying is that I believe people should have choices. Real, informed ones - not marketing disguised as medical advice.
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Don't hold back on us, theredcelt!
[Read the article: Bob Dole writes to Rush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Go ahead and tell us how you really feel!
(Seriously, that rant was almost Shakespearean. Awesome.)
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federico,
[Read the article: Predicting California isn't easy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hope someone is paying you to write that drivel.
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S.l.i.m.e.
[Read the article: Clinton advisors predict long race to nomination]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"He then went on to complain about Vote Hope, a 527 group operating on Obama's behalf in California, and accused Obama of hypocrisy for not speaking out against the group."
As a still-distraught Edwards supporter, I am leaning only very slightly toward Obama, and not consistently. But the fact that this was a LIE makes it the money quote for me. I have always admired Clinton, but there have always been some problems with the company she keeps. Do you think there's any possibility Wolfson was just making a mistake rather than spreading a lie?
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Um, people in WV get personal time too, folks.
[Read the article: Mike Huckabee wins first Super Tuesday contest ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Also, plenty of people work second shift. Get a freakin' grip. You want Dems to start winning Red States? How about a little respect for the people who live there?
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I have a favorite Onesie.
[Read the article: My baby's for Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We don't actually have any clothes with slogans, but I have seen a Onesie around that says "I'm smarter than the president." I wouldn't put it on my baby, but it's *probably* not child abuse.
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W.Va. is AP style
[Read the article: Mike Huckabee wins first Super Tuesday contest ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not everyone uses the postal codes.
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I think Missouri delegate count must be wrong.
[Read the article: Super Tuesday results]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You have Cinton with 48% of the vote and 15 delegates, and Obama with 49% of the vote and 6 delegates.
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I don't quite see the analogy.
[Read the article: Aboriginal STDs]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I mean, I see how they both reveal an ugly side where everyone suddenly gets suspiscious of the medical establishment because the issue involves sex. But where are these people when the medical establishment is forcing things down our throats that have nothing to do with sex?
OTOH, there is a big difference between an antibiotic and a vaccine. Overuse of antibiotics is a huge problem. Overuse of vaccines is something that annoys me, but doesn't result in systemic environmental devestation.
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For most humans,
[Read the article: Quote of the night]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it is possible to separate one's feelings about a candidate from one's choices in the voting booth. Being amazed that there is a viable female presidential candidate when not that long ago women couldn't even vote, and then also not voting for that candidate, ARE possible. I think it was an amazing moment. I thought Obama's similar moment after Iowa was just as "spine-tingling," to use the accurate language in the subhead.
For me, though, neither moment changes the fact that if the white, male, progressive were still on the ballot in Vermont in March, he would have received my vote.
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Absolutely, ps
[Read the article: Quote of the night]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's why both candidates represent something amazing and historic. And why we can (please?) stop fighting about whether being the first white female or the first black male is more important. Having just about anyone but a white male in the U.S. presidency is going to break a barrier. It doesn't matter a whit which one it is.
And also, almost NO ONE is going to vote for a person just because he is black or she is female. Would I vote for Condi Rice? Not if you held a gun to my head. I don't give a damn how historic it would be.
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Poor sportsmanship.
[Read the article: Team Clinton: Obama's now the establishment candidate]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They really sound like poor winners.
I don't understand why they get so much detailed press for these meta-strategic conference calls, which are really just a way to get reporters to tell everybody what Winners they are. I guess all the campaigns probably do this, but it seems bizarre. Do we have people who run Coke commercials doing conference calls with the press to discuss how well their strategy is working and how clearly consumers think Pepsi is the establishment beverage now?
Sheesh. What a lot of navel-gazing.