Letters to the Editor - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/letters_to_the_editor/?source=rss&aim=letters_to_the_editor en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT Is fan loyalty bunk? King Kaufman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/22/letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/22/letters/index.html?source=rss The readers write -- some more! -- about bandwagoning and whether fandom is really just a consumer choice. ALCS delays, umps and Manny King Kaufman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/20/alcs_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/20/alcs_letters/index.html?source=rss How can MLB not have a backup ump ready? Would the Red Sox have made the playoffs with that lineup all year? The readers write. New Yorkers write: "&$#! you!" By King Kaufman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/30/mets_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/30/mets_letters/index.html?source=rss Long-suffering Mets fans don't like being lumped in with Yankees fans. The pro-Derek Jeter backlash King Kaufman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/23/jeter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/23/jeter/index.html?source=rss It starts here. Just because he's overhyped and overpraised doesn't mean he's not an all-time great. A book-keeping note Andrew Leonard Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/18/book_keeping_note/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/18/book_keeping_note/index.html?source=rss About comments, and Sawadogo Broncos-Chargers: The readers write King Kaufman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/15/letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/15/letters/index.html?source=rss What about that blown call? Were the Broncos "playing with house money"? Letters: Celebration penalties Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/10/celebration_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/10/celebration_letters/index.html?source=rss The readers write -- and seem unable to find a middle ground between boorish taunting and stoic restraint. Anonymous no more Joan Walsh Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/salon/2008/02/27/anonymous/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/salon/2008/02/27/anonymous/index.html?source=rss Why we're no longer allowing letters to be posted anonymously. The readers strike back By Gary Kamiya Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/01/30/writing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2007/01/30/writing/index.html?source=rss Massive online feedback has rocked writers and changed journalism forever. This brave new world is filled with beautiful minds and nasty Calibans and everything in between. Its benefits are undeniable. But do they outweigh its insidious effects? Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2006/04/12/caci/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2006/04/12/caci/index.html?source=rss CACI Premier Technology Inc. responds to the Salon article "'Big Steve' and Abu Ghraib." Letter to Salon from Newt Gingrich Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2006/01/11/gingrich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2006/01/11/gingrich/index.html?source=rss The former speaker's spokesman Rick Tyler responds to Michael Scherer's article "Newt: I'm Shocked, Shocked by Abramoff Scandal!" Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/10/13/realdolls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/10/13/realdolls/index.html?source=rss Symbols of misogyny or simple sex toys? Readers respond to Meghan Laslocky's article about Real Dolls. Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/10/11/packer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/10/11/packer/index.html?source=rss George Packer and other readers respond to Gary Kamiya's essay "The Road to Hell." Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/10/07/levy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/10/07/levy/index.html?source=rss To pole dance, or not to pole dance: Is that the question? Readers respond to Christine Smallwood's "Girls Gone Wild." Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2005/10/05/scherer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2005/10/05/scherer/index.html?source=rss Is Harriet Miers a political "pawn," or someone who can restore a "different sort of balance" to the Supreme Court? Readers consider Bush's nominee. Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/10/05/unschool_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/10/05/unschool_letters/index.html?source=rss To school or not to school: Readers sound off on the subject of unschooling. Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2005/10/04/Berry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2005/10/04/Berry/index.html?source=rss "Bennett's statements were crude. But the left doesn't help itself when it twists meaning to suit its own ends." Readers have their say about Cecelie Berry's response to William Bennett. Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2005/09/30/rita_utah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2005/09/30/rita_utah/index.html?source=rss Was a SWAT team really required to break up a Utah rave? Plus: Readers react to the "hellish" evacuation of Houston. Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/28/moss_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/28/moss_letters/index.html?source=rss "Kate Moss has always been, and probably always will be, thin. Like it or not, some girls just are." Readers react to the rise and fall of Kate Moss. Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/27/kozol_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2005/09/27/kozol_letters/index.html?source=rss "Race is only part of the sad, complicated story of inequality in America." Readers respond to Jonathan Kozol's indictment of the American public school system. Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2005/09/27/costa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2005/09/27/costa/index.html?source=rss The head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime responds to Mitchell Prothero's piece on Afghanistan. Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2005/09/21/reefer_madness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/letters/2005/09/21/reefer_madness/index.html?source=rss "When I see one of those ads, I think I need a bong hit to endure America's endless foolishness." Readers respond to "The Return of Reefer Madness." Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/09/21/kunkel_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/09/21/kunkel_2/index.html?source=rss The war of the sexes rages on. Readers go another round on Rebecca Traister's "Attack of the Listless Lads." Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/09/20/kunkel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/09/20/kunkel/index.html?source=rss A crowd of readers -- both the listless and the angry -- respond to Rebecca Traister's "Attack of the Listless Lads." Letters Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/09/16/mooney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2005/09/16/mooney/index.html?source=rss Can the science abusers be stopped? Readers respond to "The Know-Nothings" by Andrew O'Hehir.