Correspondence
Correspondence Perot: Honest, and Not Nuts Tucker Carlson asks, "Is He Honest?" (April 22) and "Is He Nuts?" (April 8), but the real question is, "Who's nuts?" What is considered common sense and...
...Given the strong prevailing sentiments, environmental hour would only have been a political disaster for Gingrich and the Republicans...
...Not only do they participate in speechwriting but they must also be helping with budget proposals and legislation...
...Employees may bring in a child of at least nine years of age deemed worthy of the experience...
...Ferguson may treat grief with "a measured, brief ceremony of sorrow and then silence...
...Rekoff, Jr...
...The best part is that the experience is one that many children enjoy, and in a place where such common sense is pleasantly surprising: I work for an ABC-affiliated TV station in Indianapolis...
...The families of the "32 others" must be really angry-it's as though they are non-existent...
...As the ad slogan goes, "Just do it...
...Ross Perot gives us hope that we can have a better country if we pursue a vibrant vision for the future instead of the failed policies of the past...
...Gregory Conko Washington, DC Taking Children to Work In response to Christina Hoff Sommers's article "Ms...
...Therefore, for Rees to suggest that Gingrich squandered a real opportunity to plug the environmental consciousness of Republicans is naive...
...Timothy Lamer Falls Church, VA Anyone who's watched Larry King Live knows that it is not a one-issue show, contrary to what Matthew Rees implies in his article about Republicans and the environment...
...Under the system of politically correct double standards, pro-Christian expressions of opinion are "exclusive" and "insensitive," while anti-Christian expressions must be tolerated...
...In fact, Larry King dictates the flow and direction of conversation, and when outsiders are asked to host the show, as Newt Gingrich did on March 29, they must follow King's lead...
...Rather, he articulated without words the reality that there are issues far more deserving of our immediate attention than the environment...
...In that case, Liebchen, I wonder why we care so much...
...But the alternative-posing as merely kinder, gentler regulators-is a sure loser...
...Free-market environmental think tanks, such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Political Economy Research Center, long have noted that farm subsidies encourage pesticide use, that the sugar tariff encourages overproduction in the Everglades, that federal ownership of land in the West encourages overgrazing, and that the Endangered Species Act encourages landowners to kill endangered species...
...His voice, joined with millions of ours, says that we can restore ownership and rebuild America...
...Republicans ought to go on the offensive, demanding to know why the White House supports the interests of big government over those of the environment...
...Conservatives should respect tradition and let the Left keep its pet rocks...
...Takes Out After Boys" (April 22), I would like to say that common sense does indeed exist, and it is where you would expect it, a good 600 miles from the nearest coastline...
...Ross Perot might be thought insane by the egotistical, self-serving chattering class, but to the average, working American, Perot is a person with an inner strength who radiates conviction and integrity...
...After all, Bill Clinton is the biggest political chameleon around...
...At least he can be comforted by the promise that his Lord will acknowledge before His Father those who have acknowledged Him before men (Matt...
...Gingrich would be ill-advised to devote much media time to promoting such a peripheral issue as the environment, which Rees himself cites as "a GOP . . . political loser...
...Perot sets his sights on bringing people into the political process where concerned voters can work together on economic and government reform...
...It is curious, to say the least, that the oh-so-caring Times finds the loss of 40,000 middle-management positions at AT&T so much worse than the loss of 100,000 entry-level jobs...
...M.G...
...Look, fulminations at Freud and psychoanalysis are the traditional franchise of the old/New Left (for reducing personal tension that could create revolutionary fervor, for reducing impulsive behavior that could be turned into "smashing the machine," for reinforcing family and work roles, etc...
...David Stewart Glasgow, Jr...
...If anybody wants to turn this politically correct holiday into a positive experience, plan now to have next year's "Daughters' Day" be "Kids' Day...
...Stephen J. Kalafut Germantown, MD Environmental Offense Matthew Rees argues that Republicans "must shift the terms of the [environmental] debate, from Republican opposition to environmental protection to Republican support for effective regulations that aren't overly intrusive" ("GOP Zoo Revue," April 22...
...Of course, such a strategy would require Republicans to wage a full-scale assault on corporate welfare (taking on big sugar, for instance), which they may or may not have the stomach to do...
...What is considered common sense and patriotism throughout the country is looked upon as "not entirely sane" inside the capital...
...As the venue was crawling with animals, all that would have been needed to turn the show into a full-fledged circus was for Gingrich to transform himself into Al Gore...
...But I know that a sudden and violent death can unman even the most macho of us...
...If the voters of this country can't see through this charlatan, we are in big trouble...
...The fundamental disconnect that allows the Times to fret about corporate downsizing while actively encouraging the destruction of jobs for people who arguably need them more is absurd, and the Times should be called to the mat for it...
...Mike Wallace CBS News/60 Minutes Washington, DC Jokers Make Policy In his article "Sacrilege in Our Time: The Imus Affair Explained" (April 8), Andrew Ferguson states, "Most administrations, in fact, keep a handful of professional joke writers on retainer...
...Why not shift the terms of debate even more...
...Paul...
...The recovered-memory movement is Freud's fault...
...He is a unique individual, a hero, a patriot, and a leader who gives of himself...
...Democrats aren't afraid to attack big business when it harms the environment...
...Just last month, however, the Times ran a series of articles decrying the downsizing of corporate America...
...Tom Blau Fairfax, VA I'm No Reagan-Hater About the nonsense that Marlin Fitzwater put together and you repeated in the Scrapbook concerning my alleged deep hostility "to the Reagan legacy and the man personally" ("Reagan-Hating at the Reagan Library," April 15): What kind of fools do you take the folks who run the Reagan Library to be that they would invite such an infidel to give the keynote address on "The Reagan Legacy" at the Reagan Library...
...Austin, TX Hypocrisy of the Times Bruce Bartlett's "Wages of the Times" (April 22) is a good article, but there is an even bigger story...
...Nora W. Murdoch Flat Rock, NC Andrew Ferguson's piece was notable more for its callous display of cold Calvinism than for its insight into human nature...
...Bill Clinton, however, is a southerner descended from Irishmen who may be a little more inclined towards an emotional response in such a situation...
...By not using the show to tout a Republican environmental record, Gingrich did little to worsen the mis-perceived image of Republicans as being "pro-pollution...
...Aiken Indianapolis, IN Leave Freud to the Left Thanks to Gwen Broude's "Freudian Quack-Up" (April 15) for pointing out how wrong Freud was, how modern understanding has superseded psychoanalysis, and how irrelevant it all is now...
...Republicans shouldn't be afraid to attack big government when it does the same...
...His remarks put me in mind of my northern, WASP relatives, who treat a death in the family as an annoying interruption of the weekly routine...
...At my place of employment, "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" has been broadened (pardon the pun) to "Take Your Children to Work Day...
...Nita Parekh Baltimore, MD Clinton's Nauseating Grief After reading Andrew Ferguson's article "The Interminable Grief of President Clinton" (April 22), I relived the nausea I felt while viewing Clinton on TV...
...W.K...
...stands for, or Hart might be forced to change the strip's name...
...But rather, like a successful business that concentrates on its core products, the Republican party must emphasize issues that resonate well with the voters and represent the party's core values- deregulation, tax relief, welfare reform, school choice, and the like...
...Joan Vinson Annapolis, MD The Naked Public Cave David Brooks's article on the spiking of Johnny Hart's comic strip "B.C...
...by the Los Angeles Times ("The Naked Public Cave," April 22) shows how those who preach "tolerance" and "diversity" often have little tolerance for diversity of viewpoint...
...Specifically, if your viewpoint is not politically correct, in order to be "tolerant," you must not only listen to others' views but keep your mouth shut about your own...
...I hold no brief for either the president or the late Ron Brown-in fact, as a conservative political commentator and columnist, I gleefully bashed their actions regularly...
...Let those of us who have felt loss more deeply continue to devote at least a few days to the memory of deceased family and friends...
...This is an important election year for Republicans...
...This president is beyond contempt...
...Let's hope that the people in charge of the Los Angeles Times don't ever realize what the "C" in "B.C...
...10:32...
...Ferguson finds it incredible that the president could be jovial at one moment, then switch to tears the next...
...He is informing people on the issues...
...Does this mean you blame Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker on Jeremiah and St...
...The New York Times's April 5 editorial admits that as many as 100,000 low-wage jobs will be lost if the minimum wage is raised to $5.15 per hour...
...Birmingham, AL...
Vol. 1 • May 1996 • No. 33
