Letters to the Editor
mmf23
Published Letters: 9
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@ welcomerain
[Read the article: Stop lying to yourself. You love Dennis Kucinich]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I'm not claiming that there's none of this on the Republican side of the aisle, but generally, what they will do is a lot closer to what they say they will do. Even if that's often appalling, people probably like it better than being deceived."
Because the Bush that a little less than half of voters chose in 2000 was the same Bush we got on 9/12/01 ... Give me a break! Bush was the most disingenuous campaigner, perhaps of all-time. From pretending to born-again Christianity, to the fact that he planned to attack Iraq from the moment he was elected. Sheesh. Cheers for trying to re-write history and ruining my lunch at the same time.
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I don't know about all that unbreachable chasm stuff
[Read the article: My dad is a writer -- a very, very bad writer!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I liked the practical part of Cary's response--the first part. I think that is the appropriate way to handle the situation. But I don't agree at all with the second part. Actually, I think the only thing the LW's experience teaches us is that dads can be dicks sometimes.
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Why don't you...
[Read the article: I'll be alone for Christmas -- merrily!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]just lie to your mom, LW? Just tell her--and anyone else who's going to give you grief for it--that you're spending Christmas with Person X: your friends, a new boyfriend, whatever. That's what I've done in previous years, when I spent Christmas or Thanksgiving alone. :) I mean, if you know how your mother's going to react, why not save yourself the trouble of dealing with her pitying phone calls? She's never going to know the difference, and you'll still be able to enjoy your holiday in solitude.
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I had a racist friend
[Read the article: Our new friend is a racist -- should we dump him?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm a liberal (west) coastal elite who lived in the South and made a racist friend. There were not a lot of single people in their 20s in the town I lived in who had similar interests, like music and beer. But he did, and he introduced me to lots of really nice people. He helped me make friends
Then, one night, I went to pick him up at his apartment. Walked in and there's a big confederate flag greeting me, hung on the wall above his couch! A painting of a Civil War battle with the Rebels winning adorned another wall. And a framed snapshot of him with George Allen was on top of the TV. Uh-huh. And he was a school teacher! My superior moral outrage seethed, but I held my tongue. I thought, "well, we don't agree." Turned out this guy had black and Latino friends and never disparaged any ethnic group, at least not to me. He thought of his apartment's decor as a way of showing his southern pride.
Though we've lost touch since i've moved away, I'm still conflicted about his views. But, I'm not conflicted about the fact that I stayed friends with him. If we always hang out with people who see the world as we do, we lull ourselves into thinking that everyone believes what we believe. That's dangerous, too, I think.
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Gawker
[Read the article: I'm a suburban husband in my 40s and I think I'm getting depressed]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hi, Cary,
If you were hurt by what Gawker wrote about you a couple of days ago, you should know that the folks at Gawker are really going through a bad time right now--they've been sucking it up since Christmas. They're hemorrhaging staff. I'm a huge you fan but also a huge Gawker fan. Or I used to be. Even when they've made fun of you in the past it seemed like they didn't really mean it. But the last post they made about you--well every post they do lately just seems to be a lashing out into the void, as they descend into irrelevance. As a fan, it's really hard to watch. So, you don't have to have empathy for them, but I think you can find it in your heart somewhere to feel a little pity for what used to be a very good media blog with funny writing and a talented staff.
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@ Derek W.
[Read the article: Remember freshman year?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Agreed--Paul Feig is definitely the element that makes F&G more nuanced and artsy than Undeclared. Also, the fact that Undeclared was on Fox probably didn't help much.
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So much scoffing
[Read the article: Work sucks? Blame her!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Maybe not that last part -- but basically Spencer's point boils down to the idea that when women fought for their rights to enter male-dominated workplaces, they should have also done more negotiating on behalf of their families. But instead, not only did they try too hard to fit into the male working paradigm, leaving their kids in the dust, but they actually upped Americans' work standards, so that today, men and women are all working more than they used to, and family life is suffering as a result."
I'm a professional woman and a feminist... So, what exactly is the flaw in the above argument? This editorial ain't perfect, but it has nothing in common with that idiot piece that appeared in Wa Po a few weeks ago. Maybe Spencer's wrong for out-and-out blaming workaholism on women in the workforce, but I do agree wholeheartedly that the professions' requirements should have been redefined when women joined the workforce en masse, and that that didn't happen. There is something wrong when everyone is working harder and longer hours, yet women are still making 70 cents for every dollar a man makes. What is the matter with attempting to examine where we did go wrong, since we obviously did go wrong somewhere? Why do we attack other women for trying to open a public dialog on workplace issues? Instead, it seems lately like most feminists would rather throw up their hands and sigh, "Oh, I guess women just can't have it all after all." Feminists need to grow some balls and take some criticism once in a while.
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Scenes from a Marriage
[Read the article: My husband of 12 years suddenly says he never loved me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I would tell the LW to rent it, but she probably doesn't have time to watch a three-part miniseries what with raising five children and dealing with a pussy of a husband. But the part where the husband tells the wife one day that he never loved her, then leaves her for another woman... well, like I said, she probably shouldn't rent it.
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Love this letter
[Read the article: I'm an absent-minded engineer; my mind wanders and so does my wallet]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is the most eloquent SYA letter I've read in years. I loved it.