Letters from our Readers
From Our Readers – May 28- June 3, 2015
Four-year degree in Marxism When the college administration posts a notice on campus to “report hate crimes” the idea, it would seem, is to take the focus off the college administration as being the culprit in one of the slickest crimes that slowly progressed...Letters From Our Readers: Think of the elephants!; The real drug problem; and More Martian Gardens May 21-27, 2015
Think of the elephants The Advocate should be ashamed of its mindless puff piece on the Melha Shrine Circus. you missed the real news story and instead published an article that ignores the endless suffering of the elephants and tigers and the growing public outrage...From Our Readers: April 30-May 6, 2015
News of the Not So Weird The News of the Weird’s piece on the first gay wedding behind bars in Britain (“Number Crunching,” April 23-29, 2015) although groundbreaking for its prison first, is maybe not so weird after all. The two men, reportedly both serving time for...
Letters from our Readers, April 23-29, 2015: Give Holyoke a Chance and Marco Rubio v. Iran
Marco Rubio v. Iran Marco Rubio is running for president. Marco Ruboio asserts that Iran must be given a choice: they can have a nuclear weapon or they can have an economy. Not both. Marco Rubio would put an end to any agreement President Obama would make with Iran...From Our Readers: Drugs aren’t an isolated problem and Wait! Wait! I’ve got one! April 16-22, 2015
Drugs in the park not an isolated problem I want to say that I believe that “Get Out and Stay Out! 12 of the Pioneer Valley’s best outdoor spaces” (April 2-8, 2015) is a discouraging article written in the Advocate amongst a bunch of other parks and recreational areas...
From Our Readers: April 9-15, 2015
More pressing dangers at home than guns Editor’s Note: Nurture is a bi-annual publication on parenting and children produced by the Advocate. Regarding “Where are the guns when your kids have a play date?” this article in Nurture Spring 2015 starts out as reasonable...Letters from Our Readers, April 2-8, 2015: Porky Pig ain’t laughing and GOP treason?
GOP treason? T he 47 GOP senators who tried to undercut the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran by issuing a warning letter to the country may have committed an act of treason under the Logan Act — a federal law prohibiting unauthorized citizens from...From Our Readers, March 26-April 1, 2015
Cis-gender? So much concern with body images and now a “cis-gendered woman?” (“Letter to the Editor: No room for transphobic language in Advocate,” March 5, 2015) People are exploring the age old question of, “Who am I?” Find yourself on the soul level. Try a course...
#ValleyAdvocate: What’s on social media this week
Editor’s Note: #valleyadvocate is an occasional feature showcasing some of the snappiest and interesting things Valley folks have put online in the past week.From Our Readers, March 5-11, 2015: No room for transphobic language; Eat less meat and dairy to fight climate change
No room for transphobic language in Advocate I’m concerned with the conversation I’ve seen the last few weeks around Mount Holyoke’s student theatre group’s decision to present The Student Body, in place of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues. On a community level, I...
Reader Comments: Feb. 26-March 4, 2015
New Deal loopholes need to be patched In 1940 FDR passed legislation that banned corporations that are under contract with the federal government from making contributions to sitting members of Congress. This was part of the New Deal intended to strengthen the middle...Emails, Letters and Comments From Our Readers, Feb. 19-25, 2015
LGBTQ left out of singles story After reading about all the female/male couples or females who wanted to meet males and vice versa, it seemed to me that the article “All Single and Nowhere to Mingle” (Feb. 5-11, 2015) should have been titled “All Straight and Single...Guest Column: Pardon my conflation, Brian Williams and I come clean about our pasts
Brian Williams, the NBC Nightly News anchor — at least for the time being — has come in for a lot of criticism lately for claiming, falsely,that he was aboard a U.S. military helicopter in 2003 that was hit by small-arms fire and forced down in the desert during the...
From Our Readers: Vagina dialogues continued; More to love about Springfield; The laws are different for police
Vagina dialogue continues One of the goals of art is to experience other points of view. We go to plays about ‘others’ to learn and empathize. How sad it would be to lose that by denying the depiction of different lives. Really, Mount Holyoke, what are you thinking?...
Letters From Our Readers Feb. 5-11, 2015
A Moving Response I loved the focus on improvisation in this week’s Advocate! I have enjoyed many a visit to Earthdance, and often meet people there who have traveled from around the globe to visit the hills of Plainfield — a testament to the important role that...
Comments From Our Readers: The hunting debate rages on
Instead of complaining, do something to improve Springfield I have lived in many places, and have lived in Springfield for over 30 years. I grew up in Longmeadow, lived other places for 20 years, moved back to Longmeadow, and then to Springfield. I like it here. Every...From Our Readers
Hunters: More Humane Than Commercial Farms Some thoughts about a recent letter (“Hunting perpetuates a violent society” Dec. 25, 2014) in response to the Dec. 4, 2014 Between the Lines “Why I Hunt” by Tom Vannah. The letter writer states that you, The Advocate, have a...E-Edition
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