This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 12:00 AM

Oh, say can you care?

The flap over a Spanish-language national anthem.
Tim Grieve

Read other letters about this article

  • Tuesday, May 2, 2006 03:39 PM

    star bungled blather

    America had been a country for 150 years before Scott Off-Key's abomination was foisted on us as an anthem. Jefferson didn't write it; neither did Madison. It's nothing but an affectation in any language. This Land is Your Land comes far closer to expressing the national spirit in the way Lincoln, Whitman, and Roosevelt (either will do) did. Woody Guthrie was most emphatically NOT a hippie. Read some fuggin' history.

    —Ben Dover

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

363

A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack

A vast array of establishment and expert sources do not believe this episode was really resolved.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
192

Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?

Was it unreasonable to expect him to adhere to his commitments regarding the Constitution?
Glenn Greenwald Read article
94

How dare you criticize wasteful defense spending!

So you think it's only terrorist-appeasing lefties who are down on Pentagon profligacy? Think again
By David Sirota Read article
48

Police to talk to Woods

Early morning crash raises questions, and revives tabloid speculation
By DOUG FERGUSON, Associated Press Read article
47

Have yourself a very merry black Friday

The author of "Scroogenomics" explains why holiday shopping is a drain on the wallet and the holiday spirit
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon