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December 24th, 2009
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College Sports A star athlete takes his new college team to a national championship game and earns national honors along the way (”Upping the Ante,” December 17th issue). Soon afterward, it is revealed that he may or may not have cheated to get into the college and that the college may or may not have known about the irregularities. But the athlete has already gone pro and apparently refuses to cooperate with investigators, and his former coach has conveniently left…
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Pro-Birth Regarding David F. Busby’s letter to the editor (December 10th issue): There is a federal law on the books that does not allow any government money to be used to pay for abortions. Period. No one is “for abortion,” but many people are supportive of the rights of women to make their own choices about their health and their bodies, and that is private between women and their physicians. You are so concerned about “innocent babies.” How concerned are…
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Pro-Birth Regarding David F. Busby’s letter to the editor (December 10th issue): There is a federal law on the books that does not allow any government money to be used to pay for abortions. Period. No one is “for abortion,” but many people are supportive of the rights of women to make their own choices about their health and their bodies, and that is private between women and their physicians. You are so concerned about “innocent babies.” How concerned are…
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Book It I’m always surprised and impressed when the Flyer comes out with one of its periodical “Endpapers” (Cover Story, December 3rd issue). It’s rare that serious attention is paid to books, literature, and reading in mainstream media these days. As usual, I found the Flyer reviews insightful and last week’s issue a nice change of pace. Thanks. Ann Marie Cole Memphis Civility and Consensus While there is much incivility and some hatred in our national political discourse today (Editor’s…
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Duffel-bag Class Two critical points are worthy of note in connection with Chris Davis’ excellent article “The Duffel-bag Class” (November 26th issue): First, the city of Memphis suffers from self-inflicted wounds, having now fulfilled the description rendered by Time magazine decades ago of Memphis as a “decaying river town.” Infrastructure, neighborhoods, and schools have rotted away to a point at which qualified workers and their families have fled to the suburbs or beyond by the thousands. The requirement that city…
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Joe Lieberman I can’t say how happy I am to see someone come right out (The Rant, November 19th issue) and call Joe Lieberman for what he is: a mealymouthed, self-interested mamzer! When one wonders why, with majorities in the House and Senate, the Democrats can’t get anything done, all you have to do is look at Joe. He is the manifestation of “soft” politics and cajoling. It is pretty obvious that the Dems let Lieberman caucus with them because he…
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Joe Lieberman I can’t say how happy I am to see someone come right out (The Rant, November 19th issue) and call Joe Lieberman for what he is: a mealymouthed, self-interested mamzer! When one wonders why, with majorities in the House and Senate, the Democrats can’t get anything done, all you have to do is look at Joe. He is the manifestation of “soft” politics and cajoling. It is pretty obvious that the Dems let Lieberman caucus with them because he…
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League of Liberal Women Voters Brian Kelsey was recently invited by the League of Women Voters to debate his opponent in the December 1st state Senate election, Adrienne Pakis-Gillon. His response to Jackson Baker of the Flyer when asked if he was going to accept the debate invitation was: “Why should I waste my time with the League of Liberal Women Voters, when I’m trying to deal with real voters?” Does Kelsey not think that women are “real voters”? Statistically,…
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This Isn’t It? In Addison Engelking’s review of This Is It, the new documentary about Michael Jackson (November 5th issue), the reviewer calls Jackson “ill and alien.” Engelking is apparently one of a throng of people who forget that Jackson had vitiligo, which makes his skin pale, and also was 50 years old. So, yes, he looks older. Engelking looked at Jackson’s image and goes for a punchline, which illustrates his inability to write a film review without making personal…
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Voter Confidence Act Rich Holden states in his Viewpoint (October 29th issue) that “the outcry from voters in favor of paper ballots is nonexistent.” I am a voter, and I vigorously support the switch to optical scan paper ballots, as outlined in the Voter Confidence Act. Many of my friends also favor paper ballots, and we have fought hard for several years to have the current voting equipment replaced. Machines like those used in our current touch-screen system have been…
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