Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 182 Editor's Choice: 15
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Emily Fox and her Superhandz
[Read the article: Superhandz]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You may be interested to know that Emily has, indeed, found a way to make use of her skill at rapidly and accurately manipulating objects.
She is now a freshman at the University of Minnesota, and an up and coming player for the Women Gophers basketball team. With four seasons ahead of her, I am looking forward to watching her mature as a player, and hone her already formidable skills.
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Yes, She Is
[Read the article: Is Angelina flying too high?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Come on. Trust the mommy-to-be? This is Angelina Jolie we're talking about, the woman who soul kissed her brother on camera at the Oscars.
She may be beautiful and independent, but sensible she's not. And it is recklessly senseless to be flying in an airplane, much less a small twoseater ALONE, in the third trimester of pregnancy.
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In RE: age limits at high school proms.
[Read the article: What else we're reading]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is one of those issues that shouldn't be an issue.
But is.
Where are the parents of these 16, 17, 18 year old girls who are abdicating their responsibility to make clear that when you are 16, you are TOO YOUNG for a 21 year old boyfriend.
We'll just ignore the creepiness of a 21 year old who dates a 16 year old, for the moment.
Being a parent is not always fun. Being a parent of a teenager is frequently not fun, because you are performing a balancing act between encouraging the budding adult that your child is, and protecting the child that your child, simultaneously, is.
But, until the parents of these kids grow up and deal with having to say no and enforce it, I guess that high schools will have to do it for them.
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Could It Have Been Her Thyroid?
[Read the article: Dr. Denice Dee Denton, pioneer for women in sciences, dies]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]While the suicide of anyone is sad, the thought that Dr. Denton committed suicide in response to harsh criticism is just that much sadder.
It is, however, entirely possible that her thyroid issues were the cause of her suicide. If she was severely hypothyroid (low thyroid function) she would have been, also, severely depressed, as one leads to the other.
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Oh, Please
[Read the article: Can I dress you up in self-hate?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Come on. Really.
It is a fact of life that we are all, to a greater or lesser extent, judged by the way that we present ourselves to the world. And if the way we present ourselves says, "I don't think much of myself," then that's what the world is likely to think, as well.
What Not to Wear tends to show women more than men, it's true. But that doesn't mean that men are not judged by their appearance. The bottom line for many, many of us is that we HAVEN'T been shown how best to present ourselves. If you are a white collar worker, and you want the opportunity to move up, either in the environment in which you find yourself, or to move on, it's best to dress the part of the move up role, is it not?
The problem for many of the subjects of WNTW is that they are not even dressing the part of their current roles. There's the HR head who wears oversized pants and an anorak in the office, or the head accountant who wears sports jerseys and micro-minis to work.
Yes, the hosts do toss off one-liners, but most of their subjects give as good as they get. And the reality is that the hosts are just saying to their faces what the people they come in contact with are thinking--or saying behind their backs.
Personally? I would love the opportunity to learn the best way to dress my body. All bodies change over time, and if we are not taught how to best dress for 25 year old success, you can bet that we are not taught how to best dress for 45 year old, or 65 year old success, both in business and in feeling good about oneself.
Call me shallow, but I enjoy watching a young mother who's been hiding herself in dresses that are only in style in Colorado City Utah, realize that a waist that's thicker after three kids doesn't relegate her to matron status.
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I'm going to vote for a beacon of sanity
[Read the article: E.U.: Prove your product isn't poison]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]in an otherwise deranged world.
And what more, really, is there to say?
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Healthy Eating?
[Read the article: Obese infants, dieting moms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's not that hard: avoid most of the foods that are available for consumption in this country today.
TOO MUCH sugar, TOO MUCH salt, TOO MUCH fat (and unhealthy fat, at that) in the processed foods that we are pressured, constantly, to buy.
When an average serving of ketchup has more sugar than a bowl of Cheerios, you know that something is wrong.
If you can find the time in your already packed schedule to make meals from scratch (think Rachael Ray and cut ingredients small, add flavor with excellent herbs and spices) you can cut out a lot of what makes us fat, and add variety to your meals, as well.
If you can figure out a way to add more vegetable protein, especially soy, to your diet, you can increase the nutrition without increasing the fat. If you can add one fresh vegetable and one fresh fruit serving a day to your own, and your family's diet, you will be doing all of you a favor. Extra points for trying a new KIND of fruit or vegetable that you haven't before tried.
It's no surprise that we have so many people who are obese in this country. The foods that seem to be the best are the worst, and the big companies make their living out of creating addictive behavior around their offerings.