Letters to the Editor
Buckeyejla
Published Letters: 22 Editor's Choice: 1
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Don't hate me for correcting you
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I love you, King Kaufman - I really do. I believe that you are among the finest - if not THE finest - sports journalist writing today. I never miss your column and am always amazed by your ability to find a new angle from which report on what everyone else is treating as the same old story of the day. I'm a self-described Olympics junky who lived and died (and laughed and cried) over your tireless Olympics reporting during the last round of games, and eagerly look forward to your reports on what's going on in Turin. This is why it pains me to have to correct you on anything, ever - but as both a Buckeye as well as a person whose name is frequently misspelled by others, I just feel compelled to point out that the late Korey Stringer's first name began with a "K" and not a "C." May he rest in (very large) peace.
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Ditto, Jessica
[Read the article: Over the pill]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Like Jessica, I too am a young non-smoker who unexpectedly wound up in the hospital last summer, riddled with pulmonary embolus in all five lobes of my lungs. Unlike Jessica, all that I experienced was mild (though gradually increasing) shortness of breath over a period of about 10 days - no pain, nor any other symptoms. I thought I had a chest cold, and was stunned to learn that I could have died. I learned after the fact that I have a particular genetic abnormality (elevated Factor 8) that, when combined with oral contraception, made blood clots TEN TIMES as likely as they are for other women. I'd been on the pill on and off for 15 years, and although I knew it elevated my risk for clots, I had no idea that there were other genetic issues that I should be aware of. Needless to say, I won't ever go back to any form of estrogen for birth control and would welcome innovations that do not include the hormone. Since my daughters (should I one day have any) may carry the same genetic abnormality, they too may need other options. I hope the medical community is listening.
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Even true, it's an embarrassing thing to have said....
[Read the article: "No one died at Abu Ghraib" isn't true]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It would also be good not to proclaim "no one died at Abu Ghraib" as some sort of a badge of honor. Who knows how many people were abused, degraded, and otherwise deprived of basic human rights in any number of ways.... but since "no one died" it's not that big a deal? Even if it were true, it would still be a reprehensible remark. Are we really trying to gauge the severity of atrocities by a comparison of the body counts?
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My mother isn't a "woman"?
[Read the article: Hey, birth's gotta hurt, too]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anyone who has had a hysterectomy, or who is otherwise infertile, is no longer a "woman"? Talk about offensive. If THAT'S not a sign that [male] legistlators think women should be defined, first and foremost, by their reprocductive abilities (or lack thereof) then I don't know what it. What exactly IS my mother, then, once the law defines her out of the definition of "woman," hmmmmm?
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The "investigation" ended long ago
[Read the article: A "principled stand" on Libby? Not from this White House]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Someone needs to ask Ms. Perino what "investigation" she is referring to. There is no ongoing investigation after a criminal trial has concluded. Any subsequent appeals will involve lawyers arguing over legal principles that were applied by the trial judge throughout the case, and the resulting evidentiary admissions and denials. No new facts will be searched for nor introduced into the proceeding at this point. In addition, the "principled" reason for not commenting on an ongoing "investigation" is so as to not taint public opinion (and, therefore, the potential jury pool) before the jury makes its decision. That risk is gone. The only possible decision-makers now are a very few federal appellate judges, who, one would like to think, are above being swayed by White House spin. There is simply no "principled" reason NOT to comment at this point. Of course, there is also no "principled" reason not to have fired Karl Rove, who was long ago shown to have been "involved" in this leak. The only "principles" this White House folows are the principles of self-preservation and non-accountability.
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Wake up, people!
[Read the article: A "principled stand" on Libby? Not from this White House]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Salon is not equating Scooter Libby's CRIMES with Saddam Hussein's - Salon is equating the STATUS OF THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS in both cases at the time the White House chose to (or chose not to) comment upon them. Their crimes are obviously very different, and no one would argue otherwise. But the legal status of their cases at the time of comment/refusal-to-comment is exactly the same (investigation and criminal trial completed, appellate process still available), and again, no one could argue otherwise.
The point of this post is not to suggest that Scooter Libby, George Bush, and Dick Cheney should all be hanged alongside Saddam - it is to demonstrate the hypocrisy of the Bush White House's refusal to comment on a supposedly "ongoing" legal proceeding. When it suited them - as in the case of Saddam - they commented to their heart's content. When it embarrasses them - as in the case of Scooter - they claim that "principle" prevents them from commenting. Don't help them hide the ball even more by missing the point here.
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Actually, it's only two in the starting five
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ohio State actually only starts two freshmen (Conley and Oden) along with two seniors (Lewis and Harris) and a junior (Butler). Daequan Cook, the third fab frosh you were probably thinking of, was the Big Ten's Sixth-Man-of-the-Year. And according to Challenger Gray & Christmas, I just wasted $753,000 of my employer's money to correct you on that extremely important fact.
Go, Bucks!
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Who awards the Peabody?
[Read the article: National journalists believe you should trust them]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Other journalists? If so, 'nuff said.
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Language IS important
[Read the article: Michael Gordon trains his stenographer weapons on Iran]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]CNN, which has been breathlessly parrotting this same story all morning (at least 3-4 times per hour, by my count), just announced that "the US military is 'confirming' a story heard first here on CNN." The military is "confirming" its own press release? Imagine that. CNN's use of the word "confirming" makes it sound like there USED to be some doubt, but now that the story is "confirmed" we can all assume that it's 100% true. Amazing.