Letters to the Editor
Traduced!
Published Letters: 135 Editor's Choice: 4
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American right of passage
[Read the article: America's unlikely defender]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I like that. American rites are rights.
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sharpe?
[Read the article: The Fix]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's great that Sharpe is playing, but what station? I see nothing in my local listings.
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Green is just too easy
[Read the article: The elephant in the room]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ah yes, the Greens and Ralph Nader as a solution. They helped to defeat the only credible environmentalist candidate in the history of the Republic. And they are still proud of that.
What version of "there is no difference between the Republicans and Democrats" will justify a candidacy that helps put McCain in the presidency in 08?
If Greens want to do something effective then they should be helping to draft Al Gore for the Democratic nomination.
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Hey Cosmo
[Read the article: When cowards attack]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Please don't call me "moonbat." It hurts my feelings (sniffle) and makes you look stupid. Both are bad results. Of course, spelling canard with two n's also makes you look stupid.
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Her accent is fine
[Read the article: "The Closer" -- nail it shut]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I lived in Tennesee, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and my parents were from Georgia. Kyra Sedgewick's accent works just fine.
I am not surprised that some of the southerners on this thread object -- I live in Fargo now and absolutely NOBODY around here thinks that Frances McDormand of the movie, Fargo, sounds like a Minnesotan. She sounds like every Minnesotan I ever heard.
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Bad tv in the summer
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I thought the bad tv was good this summer. I watched every episode of The 4400, The Closer, and Saved.
I like reading Heather Havrilesky, but she just doesn't know good, bad tv.
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What about Gore?
[Read the article: The Warner-less race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Isn't Al Gore still polling in second place with most pundits saying he won't run? Doesn't he have a book coming out in May? Wouldn't he make a fine president? Is there a good reason that so few mention him in speculative discussions of the anti-Hillary? Is there a Democrat in America who believes that Hillary can get 40% of the vote?
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watch out oxymoron
[Read the article: Confessions of an Ohio poll worker, Part 2]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Elephantman is going to put you on double secret probation!
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Gore/Obama in 08
[Read the article: Feingold won't run for president]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Gore was early in his opposition to the Iraq War and occupation. I believe if/when he declares he will tie or pass all other prospective Democrats (including Clinton).
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I'm with you, Sam
[Read the article: Right, but actually winning the White House would have been nice, too]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We need to run a titan in the party. Gore has proven once that he can win, and Kerry has not disproven it by any stretch.
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Why all the heat?
[Read the article: Raising Cain]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This was just a meditation on how tough it is to reconcile world view with the demands of raising children. I had fun reading it.
But, where does that strange, Parson Jim narrative about public schools beating masculinity out of boys come from?
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Indeed it was an absurd year
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Happy Holidays everybody.
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Good points Delphine
[Read the article: The case of the disappearing candidates]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Gore is a titan among Democratic champions. The unfortunate myth he will have to overcome is that he should have won going away in 2000 (all of history, Clinton, Bush's 20 point lead in the polls, and Nader on his left flank notwithstanding). But I think most will remember that he has already proven his extraordinary effectiveness as a campaigner.
Right now and for the last six years he has been the single most qualified man in America for the job. Let's hope he gets into this race.
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'the many deplorable characteristics of the midwestern U.S. psyche'
[Read the article: Dreaming of a white Christmas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It sure takes a bitter old cretin to get angry with Garrison Keillor.
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Staying away from the HOF
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Most of us in Fargo have an icy hatred for the Hall of Fame. It seems that an entire generation of sports writers is determined to ignore the extraordinary career of the man whose record was broken by Mark McGwire by leaving him out of the HOF.
And it would take a lot to persuade us that Roger Maris was enhanced by drugs.
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Maris again
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for the replies, Smileyy and Khan. It is clear that the Hall rewards individual excellence and pretty clear that it does not reward the exceptional team player (Maris was that player).
But it really isn't too fine a point that he was MVP two years in a row and for Chrissakes he broke Ruth's record.
It isn't some judicious set of standards that gets them in or keeps them out, after all. That Maris is not in there really makes us question the credibility and purpose of the whole place.
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roosevelt
[Read the article: Penalty Boxer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, Elephantman, I believe Roosevelt was a bombadier AND flew a Lightning during WWII. But your desire to provide a threadbare caricature of his service is understood.
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Mary Cheney is a lesbian?
[Read the article: The press's warped priorities]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Damn!
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Agreed Conrw, Maher is a lightweight
[Read the article: Real talk with Bill Maher]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maher says "we all love Gore. . ." the guy he always called 'Bore' as in 'Bore and Gush' back in 2000.
He is neither well-intentioned nor well-informed. He says in this interview that Gore did not campaign on the environment in 2000 (big sin, the environment didn't even poll measurably for voters in 2000). Just look at Gore's acceptance speech. The economy first -- understandable -- some acknowledgments, and then right into his own environmental record.
That's just my quibble. I think his biggest sin is that he is not funny enough.
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Terry Anastasiou
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am going to say 'unspeakable pancakes' at every opportunity. Your new fan,
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For an excellent grass roots movement for Gore
[Read the article: Carter to Gore: Run, Al, run]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Go to AlGore.org
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Hypatia, if you substituted Christian for Muslim
[Read the article: The reason we haven't noticed American Muslims condemning terrorism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and rearranged a couple of countries your post would be equally true.
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Maher's writers
[Read the article: Maher's New Rule: Serious bunk]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]just aren't that funny
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Yeah, Elephant
[Read the article: Two questions for Alberto Gonzales]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We'll see if it gets worse, but at least in New Mexico it appears that the US Attorney was fired for not using the office to persecute the political opposition.
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no substantive matter to be investigated?
[Read the article: Two questions for Alberto Gonzales]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It isn't the firing, it's the lying under oath. sound familiar?
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No, Joe, Scandal hunting was a practice of the MSM
[Read the article: Fact checking the president on the prosecutor purge]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]during the Clinton administration. What is scandalous about these firings is that the Republican US attorneys themselves have identified the political motivations behind the purge.
There is no defending the administration on this one.
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Hi MD
[Read the article: Who's the "most liberal" candidate? Here we go again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As a liberal democrat I want to extend an offer of help to you in your quest to have the Republican Party nominate Brownback.
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Fed Up, it is simply irrational to blame Gore
[Read the article: Swooning over Gore]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]for the legal decisions that made Bush the president. The questions in front of us should be the qualifications of our candidates and the winnability of the election.
Oh, Gore, Obama, 08!
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Or, as Ann Coulter would say
[Read the article: Rutgers women's basketball coach speaks out]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]we don't know yet if the Duke players are guilty.
But, seriously, this whole subject MUST be about Duke Lacrosse players or some other disadvantaged group neglected by Salon.
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sic semper
[Read the article: "It is impossible to miss the discrimination against ... believers"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One more bigot equates committed human relationships to bestiality and incest. One more guy who reads the blogs instead of going to college talks about classroom "bullying."
Most kids over the age of nine know that Christians are not in the minority and are not suffering from discrimination in America's institutions.