Letters to the Editor
lahtiji
Published Letters: 9 Editor's Choice: 1
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Once again, the Simpsons are ahead of the curve
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Recall that the airline that screwed up Principal Skinner's reservation enabling spring break to start a day early was SkyAmeriWestica. Don't forget Gabbo Air, Transhemispheric Airlines, and Krazy Klown Airlines. Which has yet to become a laughingstock, last time I checked.
Good article!
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Absolutement
[Read the article: The K Chronicles]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Paris hot dog is not to be mocked. . . after the last metro and before the vendor heads home for the night, it is the ne plus ultra in nightcaps. And it isn't homesick Americans lining up for them, either.
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Damn Vertibird!
[Read the article: Whom will McCain choose?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You beat me to it! Maverick's Goose indeed (as in gay as a...).
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Politics is not a purity contest...
[Read the article: "I'd hate me too!"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"A lot of the people, Harold Ickes and Terry McAuliffe and James Carville -- these guys are nasty. You think Democrats are all like soft, tree-hugging NPR listeners? The people she's surrounded with are just ... awful. Their approach to politics is sort of "take no prisoners." They are like the collective equivalent of Karl Rove on the left. They don't care what it takes; they want their person to be installed in office."
Well, yes. That's usually the goal. I forgot where I read it, and who said it, but the upshot was that politics is not a purity contest. It's a nasty business, but one whose importance cannot be overstated.
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This is a joke, right?
[Read the article: Why Ronald Reagan didn't completely suck]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Reaganism itself: "an outgoing, energizing, even sensuous ideal of a bountiful, limitless American future open to everyone who was determined to succeed."
Gag. How nice that the bill for this generation-long delusion is just coming due.
To borrow from MST3k's Tom Servo, "Future may not be available as seen. Personal fates may vary. Future not available in Africa, India or Central and South America."
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He doesn't know he's doing it...
[Read the article: My husband's sighs are driving me up the wall!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Despite what you think, he's not aware of it. It may have been conscious at first, but now it's routine. I agree, it's like a ticking clock or a dripping faucet, the more you try to ignore it the more pervasive it seems. And you can't shut him in a drawer or tie a rag over his mouth (though maybe you could).
The kid's doing it because all kids imitate behavior at that age, and you're probably expressing your displeasure in some way that you're not aware of, but which the little one is reading loud and clear. Good or bad, he's getting your attention.
Be wise and deal with this now, wife-to-husband and defuse the situation. Your son will stop once he sees his father's stopped. Otherwise you're just going to stew, make yourself miserable, and miss the opportunity to address the problem during a calm moment and maybe explode about the g-d sighing when you're not really prepared.
Your husband of 10 years is not going to change unless you give him reason to.
Welcome back Cary, and I applaud your choice of a relatively straightforward behavioral matter as your first response back. Save the existential angst for next week.
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23 Years Later
[Read the article: The unbearable whiteness of being]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And at best, he's updated Martin Mull's "The History of White People in America, Vol. 1"
And pghmike, I had the same thought, though I think the book we're remembering is the Preppy Handbook.
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The Republican governing philosophy in a nutshell.
[Read the article: Republicans reportedly considering delaying convention]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Bin Laden determined to strike in US" - Take no action. Continue vacation.
Major hurricane and (predictable) flood devastates American treasure. - Take no action. Continue vacation.
Tropical storm of uncertain strength and track anywhere from Corpus Christi to Pensacola might cause some bad press during meaningless party meeting 1000 miles away. - PANIC.
Even if I for a minute thought this wasn't the Republicans trying to lower expectations for their own convention, or Senator Hothead finding a way to keep Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader away entirely or at least limit their screen time, it would still be more laughable than anything.
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Let's call the bluff
[Read the article: The single worst expression in American politics]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree. I'm of the opinion that if this is going to be the only presidential duty that matters from here on (the rest of Article II seems not to matter), let's make the President actually command troops in the field and be him- or herself "in harm's way."