Letters To The Editor
Letters from R. P. Cooper, Susan W. Wells, Jim Davidson,
Brian Gross, Tom Johnson, Derek Benner, Angela Harms, Joseph Crowe, and Bill St. Clair:
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Confessions Of A Techno-dependent Writer
by Patrick K Martin
A 'T', I don't believe this, A Godforsaken friggin' 'T'. Here I sit,
hunched over a hot monitor, straining every neuron, focusing every
insight, directing every fiber of my existence toward the goal of
producing one of the finest essays I am capable of writing, and what
is the result? A friggin' T! There it was, you saw it, right in the
middle of the last paragraph of my article "Why I will not Vote!" It
practically leapt off the screen at me, A bloody T. It was supposed to
be an "I", but you probably figured that out. I am thoroughly
disgusted. I use the spell checker, I use the grammar checker, I read
the damned article, and I end up with a T. Someday's it just doesn't
pay to get out of bed.
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You Call This 'Democracy'?
by Carl Bussjaeger
As the US election season closes (and did you get your bag limit of
politicians?), here's a little something to think about. And hopefully
all those anti-American terrorists whom Bloody Rumsfeld is
intentionally stirring up(1) will see this, too.
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The Results Are In
by Dennis Kabaczy
The results are in, and we are now a nation under one party rule. Now
that both houses of Congress are in the hands of the Republicans, we
can look forward to more assaults on our liberty, done at a faster
pace. "Gridlock" has been removed; gridlock being, of course, the
debate and fractiousness that the founders deliberately placed into
the functioning of our government to thwart the headlong rush to a
police state.
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Equal Access Does Not Guarantee Equal Outcome
by Wendy McElroy
The election's postmortem analysis will be haunted by a shrill
complaint: "Not enough women were elected!" The accusation should be
ignored because there is no proper ratio of female versus male office
holders. Whoever receives the largest vote total in a free election is
the proper winner regardless of gender, race, or religion.
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A Manhattan~Canada?
by Lowell Potter
Last night, after getting dinner variously roasting and simmering, I
reclined in front of the idiot box. With a large beaker of happy juice
in my hand, I would wait for the stove to do its work. Precisely
plumping the pillows to facilitate an agreeable drinking posture, I
tasted the first sips of my generously concocted Manhattan~Canada, a
Waist Watcher Ginger Ale softened blend of fiery Northern whiskeys and
institutional strength California sweet vermouth on four very large rocks.
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LibBits/LibBytes
by the Editor
Items of interest:
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