Tuesday, May 21, 2013
To the Editor: As economists, politicians and ordinary citizens grapple over the best way to “grow our economy again” so we can reduce debt, create more jobs and strengthen our position as a world leader, I am unable to understand their thinking. The United States has met its …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
To the Editor: Thanks to everyone who participated in our first ever “Run for the Roses” Kentucky Derby event to raise money for the Stern Center for Language and Learning Scholarship Program. Held on May 4 at the Norwich Inn, the gathering was a big success. The Stern …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
To the Editor: As a retired English teacher and unretiring lover of language, I was proud of my valley and your paper to find an entire Forum page devoted to a debate about the merits and demerits of The Great Gatsby. Some say our culture is about to …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
To the Editor: So let me get this straight. Because of the 2008 election, a number of groups spring up that affiliate themselves with the Tea Party and decide to apply for tax-free status to form groups to discredit the president. As a result, someone at the IRS …
Monday, May 20, 2013
To the Editor: I had the privilege and honor to play a part in the Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day ceremonies on March 30 in Concord. Over 2,000 people came to welcome home our Vietnam veterans, a welcome they never received some 40 years ago. On May 23 …
Monday, May 20, 2013
To the Editor: The publicity churned out for the latest movie version of The Great Gatsby encouraged me to reread the novel. I finished the night before I read Ernest Hebert’s scathing commentary, which left me wondering if we had read the same book. In disparaging Fitzgerald, I …
Monday, May 20, 2013
To the Editor: Ernest Hebert’s May 10 commentary on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was an effort to demean Fitzgerald. Hebert is not dealing with the facts of the novel. The novel describes the way things were in certain segments of society. You can’t undo them or …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
To The Editor: I’m puzzled by the May 10 Valley News commentary in which Ernest Hebert writes about The Great Gatsby as though both the current film and the book on which it’s based somehow promote aspects of this work which he finds offensive. Here’s the opening sentence …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
To the Editor: I wonder when we’ll realize that rape and war are blood brothers, and that as long as men are trained to kill, they will continue to rape and abuse. The only way to stop rape within the military, it seems to me, would be to …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
To the Editor: “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign; blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind. Do this, don’t do that; Can’t you read the sign?” — Five Man Electrical Band. During my daily commute, I have the option of traveling the interstate or taking Route 4 around Colburn …
By Don's Early Light
