Category: Letters to the Editor
Of course more money didn't help test results
Aug 2nd
re "Flat CSAP scores a bad sign for school reform" (Rocky Mountain News, 7/31/07)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5652714,00.html
The lesson which the public school bureaucracy should but almost certainly will not l… more »
Just say no to new CAFE standards
Jul 31st
PUBLISHED in the Boulder Daily Camera (8/1/07)
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/aug/01/no-headline---01elet/
re " Mileage standards falter" (Boulder Daily Camera editorial reprint from Washington Post, 7/30/07)
http://dailycamera.com/news/2007/… more »
Disagreeing with a political scientist about economics
Jul 26th
Following is an email I sent to the author of the opinion piece linked below, and then his response to me.
see "Bush also earns low marks for economic policy" (Baltimore Sun, 7/18/07)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-op.schaller18jul18,0,… more »
Colorado should not move up primaries or caucuses
Jul 24th
PUBLISHED in the Denver Post, 7/24/07
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_6444996
re "Colorado Democrats move up presidential caucuses" (Denver Post, 7/21/07)
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_6432885
To the Editor:
Although Colorado… more »
I don't believe men speak as much as women
Jul 15th
re "A stereotype that's all talk" (Baltimore Sun, 7/6/07)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.talk06jul06,0,4697892.story?
The new study in the journal Science which purports that women do not talk more than men defies standards for well-s… more »
More media idiocy about health care
Jul 12th
re "Health-care costs are sickening" (Opinion, Chicago Sun-Times, 7/4/07)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/richards/455272,CST-EDT-cindy04.article
To the Editor:
Cindy Richards’ grousing about health care costs demonstrates a deplorable lack of unders… more »
What's next for McCain?
Jul 11th
re "Top McCain Aides Quit Struggling Campaign" (Washington Post, 7/10/07 on web)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/10/AR2007071000759.html?
Although the writing has been on the wall for John McCain for some time now, the im… more »
No shame for Bush in commuting Libby's sentence
Jul 9th
re "Scooting out of jail" (Editorial, The (Fredicksburg, Virginia) Free Lance-Star, 7/5/07)
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/072007/07052007/297570
The shame in the Scooter Libby case is not on President Bush for commuting Libby’s sentence, bu… more »
Mosque cleric wants to fight to the death? Perfect!
Jul 7th
re "Siege mosque cleric vows to fight to death" (Times UK online, 7/6/07)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2036778.ece
If Pakistani cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi and his radical followers are ready for martyrdom, it is quite tempti… more »
South Carolina legislators learned nothing in 2006
Jul 6th
re "GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRAPS UP AMID SPENDING QUESTIONS" (Charlotte Observer, 7/1/07)
http://www.charlotte.com/politics/story/180549.html
To the Editor:
The behavior of the South Carolina General Assembly in the 2007 session is a microcosm of the Re… more »
