Letters to the Editor
HesterEastman
Published Letters: 227 Editor's Choice: 21
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And if she'd gotten in....
[Read the article: Should this dress be illegal?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If she'd been allowed in the prom, there'd be an article somewhere decrying today's youth and their trashy standards of dress. Then an outcry against the parents and the school for not enforcing dress code. Of course they kept her out, does anyone believe that once she got inside she wouldn't unwrap the train? I'm glad they are still enforcing dress codes at proms and I don't believe for a minute that they called the police because of the dress.
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Stop your whining - no, not Hillary, you Hillary haters
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]She hasn't blamed her loss on misogyny, she's not whining, she's simply stating fact. The problem with running for political office is you can't make a simple, true observation without everyone, including Salon letter writers, jumping on you for whining and blaming. And then you'll turn around and complain that she's too scripted.
Please, try to see through your Hillary hate and look at what she's saying. She's right, a lot of the press has given a free ride to the misogyny that has come up in this campaign. It doesn't mean it cost her the campaign, but it is an important observation about the status of women in our culture and should lead to intelligent discussion, not politically based accusations.
And I didn't even vote for her.
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THIS is the problem with Hillary staying in the race
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Right here on this letters page we are demonstrating the negative effects of Clinton staying in the race. It is hurting the Democratic party right now. We should be focusing on McCain, who is a complete disaster and whose campaign should be imploding right now with all the stupid things he's saying, yet what we have is Obama supporters fighting Clinton supporters over -- what? We're not opening up dialogue about racism and sexism here, we're fighting over whose candidate has suffered more discrimination, who has more of right to whine. It's time for Clinton to step out and put an end to the vitriol. I know it's not all coming from her, but she has the power to stop the in-fighting and she's not doing it. I hate to imagine a future where McCain wins and we look back and realize that the Dem primary took such a toll that Obama never had a chance to come back.
I'm just sayin'.
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Life in the 'burbs
[Read the article: He dribbles! He shoots! He drives me insane!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You live in the suburbs, you have to deal with neighbors and their noises. There's no getting around that. Maybe you need to rethink why this particular sound is so annoying to you. A basketball bouncing is not really a bad sound. It's not a loud lawn mower, it's not people screaming at their kids, it's not a baby crying, it's not a guy beating his wife, it's not car engine revving. It's really a harmless sound representing playing, fun, and a kid's dreams. It's a kid with a socially acceptable and even healthy hobby. That's really not such a bad sound.
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I'll trade you
[Read the article: He dribbles! He shoots! He drives me insane!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]LW - you can have the two most hateful dogs in the world that live next door to me. I'd rather listen to a basketball bounce than hear them bark incessantly. (Yes, I do say something.)
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This is what I was afraid of
[Read the article: "Sex and the City"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Carrie character was completely cringe-inducing through most of the last couple of seasons. I felt like I watched it in spite of SJP, not because of. There is something truly disturbing about a 40 year old woman acting that coy around men. You should not have a giggle that you reserve only for men past the age of say, 13.
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Election?
[Read the article: "Top Chef's" top dog]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What, food isn't important?
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Find out the real answer
[Read the article: Will my boyfriend ever want kids and marriage?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maybe he's just immature, but "end of life" and fake vomiting are not ambivalent. I knew a guy who was that opposed to marriage once - a good friend's boyfriend. At my wedding, 4 months before their wedding, he told another friend that Marriage equals Death. He married my friend because it was important to her. He was sleeping with someone else within months. Not, I think, because he wanted to be sleeping with someone else, but because he needed to sabotage the marriage he really didn't want to be in. It worked. He reamins unmarried at age 47.
If he's otherwise such a great guy, it's worth finding out if this is a deal breaker right now, before you put too much more time into this relationship. Tell him you want marriage and kids, not now, but sometimes and if he doesn't, you will need to move on at some point.
If he says straight out that he won't change his mind, then you know he really means it and he doesn't care about you enough to consider the alternative.
If he says he's not really sure but he took up the fake vomit routine as a teenager and just hasn't stopped, you at least have a jumping off point for conversation.
If he says "I'm only 26 and I've had bad role models and I'm scared", you might have something to work with. But go slowly. Certainly people have changed their views from when the were 26 before.
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Refreshing approach
[Read the article: Massachusetts declares a "public health emergency"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He's the Governor of Massachusetts. And good for him.
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Teaching your kids to enable an addict
[Read the article: My whole family is alcoholic. How to protect the kids?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You don't say how old your kids are, but if they are old enough to email they are old enough for a conversation about how "grandma is sick, alcoholism is an illness, this is why we're not seeing her". While it may be difficult for them to only know her through emails and letters, you will be teaching them how to set boundaries. Letting her into your lives will be teaching them how to enable an alcoholic. It's understandable that you have issues with this, but don't pass those issues on to your kids.