Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 46 Editor's Choice: 5
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"...her own family life, not anybody else's..."
[Read the article: The Hillary attack that wasn't]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Since when does a statement -- especially in politics -- have only one meaning? Sure, the principal context of Michelle Obama's comments is that of her own family life, but those words are carefully chosen with an ear to subtext, and the anti-Hillary Clinton implications are no accident. You better believe it's an attack, and the Obama/Clinton race is only going to get nastier from here on.
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"...the whole premise..."
[Read the article: "Anchorwoman" canceled]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the whole premise of which counts on the hilarity of a woman, let alone a blond, busty woman, trying to seriously deliver the news
The show happens to have featured a "blond, busty woman," but that's hardly essential to the premise, which is that TV news has been degraded to the point that looks are more important than journalism skills or experience. Had the show been a success, a second season could have been done with a studly, moronic Ken-doll of a man, and all of the same points would have been made.
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the obvious question
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Heather, have you actually seen Kid Nation yet, or are you simply jumping on the "let's hate the show" bandwagon? Sure, there are reasons to be wary, but as James Poniewozik points out in a fine piece for Time, there have been far worse offenses committed against kids on reality TV, and maybe it would be a good idea to see the finished product before we condemn it.
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"gutless"? no, just practical
[Read the article: Fox muzzles Sally Field]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Given the overzealousness of the FCC these days, it's understandable that Fox (or any other network) would hit the panic button as soon as they hear anything that could be interpreted as obscenity. Had Field not said "goddamn," she'd have been fine. Yes, it was an overreaction, but an understandable one in the current broadcasting climate, and there was nothing political about it.
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@speeder
[Read the article: Is Star Simpson's "fake bomb" just an art jacket?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"There was no "fake bomb" there was an LED board which someone mistook for a bomb"
An LED board was all that could be seen; the officers had no way of knowing what it might be attached to underneath her jacket. The officers may have been a bit overzealous in their response, but they were absolutely correct to respond.
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...no, no, no...
[Read the article: Al Gore's win, America's loss]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, they can kiss your Oscar, your Emmy or your Nobel Peace Prize, because you won all three!
Al Gore did not win an Oscar. Davis Guggenheim, who directed a movie about Al Gore, won an Oscar.
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"...in anticipation of a foreign-film Oscar nod..." -- oops, not so fast
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Band's Visit has been declared ineligible for the Best Foreign Film Academy Award, because too much of its dialogue is in English.
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not just for children anymore
[Read the article: Hewitt lives to propagandize another day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"So he evidently was reading this children's book WHEN HE WAS AT LEAST 23 YEARS OLD."
I'm twenty years older than that, and I still read the occasional children's (or teen's) book. Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux is one of my favorite books of recent years; Scott Westerfeld's Peeps is a great variation on vampire lore. Neither was written with an adult audience in mind; doesn't mean they aren't worth reading.
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another ditto...
[Read the article: The new format]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One more vote here that the newest post/column should appear in full without requiring an extra click to get to it. (Same change should be made in O'Hehir's column/blog, too.)
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Words matter...
[Read the article: Critics' Picks]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...which is why I point out that what Kevin and Scotty are entering into on Sunday night's Brothers and Sisters is not "marriage."
Same-sex couples are not allowed to marry in California, where the show is set; they only have the option to register as domestic partners. This is, to be sure, more than what is allowed in most of the US, but it is still a second-class, back-of-the-bus substitute for actual marriage, and it is important that the distinction not be overlooked.
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@LeCastor
[Read the article: Finale wrap-up: "Survivor: Micronesia"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Had Cirie won the challenge, she would have picked Parvati for final 2, and Parv would have won. Had Parvati won, she would have picked Amanda, and Amanda would have won."
Disagree on both counts.
Had Cirie gotten to the jury (in either a final 2 or a final 3), Amanda was right that she'd have talked her way to the money. She was by far the most deserving of the final four women; once she'd laid out the ways in which she'd pulled the strings behind all of those blindsides and schemes (and she'd have laid it out with such charm that no one would have gotten mad at her), the jury would have handed her the money in a unanimous vote. (The "but she's a mom with kids who needs the money" factor that Amanda and Parvati were so afraid of would have helped her, but it wasn't necessary.)
And had Parvati taken Amanda to the final 2 instead of the other way around, I can't see how that would have made Amanda's responses to the jury any more successful, or Parvati's any less so; Parvati would still have beaten her.
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so annoying
[Read the article: Summer reads]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you really must put each book review on a separate page, could you not at least put a list of the books on the first page, so that we could click straight through to the ones that interest us?
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@dem2win
[Read the article: The latest delegate math]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What the polls say or do not say about Obama/Clinton vs. McCain now is irrelevant; that election is five months away, and today's polls are useless as a projection of its outcome. After all, based on the polls five months ago, we should have been celebrating Clinton's nomination for several weeks now.
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...this mistake again? (sigh...)
[Read the article: Another state not delivered]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Certainly Al Gore helped Bill Clinton nail down Tennessee in both 1992 and 1996, though, tragically, the future Oscar winner couldn't win his home state in 2000
Al Gore is not an Oscar winner. Davis Guggenheim, the director of a documentary about Al Gore, is an Oscar winner.
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...can't happen...
[Read the article: Lamest Emmys ever?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The next step in this evolution will be when an Emmy for Outstanding Host of A Musical or Variety Program goes to the host of last year's Emmys."
By Television Academy rules, the Emmy Awards broadcast is not eligible to receive any Emmy Awards itself.