Letters to the Editor

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A film critic argues that women are too weak-willed to select movies or presidential candidates without their husband's approval.
  • movies and Clintons

    A) The reason that neither my husband nor I like "chick flick" movies is because they are frequently insipid and maudlin. Give me strong female leads like Roslin Russel, Kathryn Hepburn, and Bette Davis, snappy dialogue, and a decent plot and I will be delighted to see women's movies! Why is it that in the 1940s we got strong and smart women who could hold their own with Cary Grant. Now, with some limited exceptions, we get sidekicks, sob-sisters, or love obsessed maniacs.

    B) Hillary is smart, articulate, but cannot win. I am, like most women, a pragmatist.