The American Spectator

Reminds me of the annual “drop in consumer confidence” we experience every January or February. Confidence dropping is that sobering up period after over-spending at Christmas and contemplating tax time in April — nothing more and nothing less.

p>If you think you are being gouged at the pump, try public transportation or a taxi. Getting where you want to go, when you want to go there is worth something. br> — Diane Smith br> South San Francisco, California /p> p> LATE COMER br> Re: Ben Stein’s Hypocrisy, Democrat Style : /p>

I realize that not everyone agrees about the morality of homosexuality. Regardless of your POV, however, don’t you think it is morally reprehensible to print blatant lies about the “standard” behaviors of gay men? To publish on the web a suggestion that we shouldn’t be surprised because gay men are all pedophiles anyway? Being gay and being sexual with minors are two different things. If this had been a female page, the response would have been the same. At least Clinton went after legal tail.

p>Regarding Mr. Stein’s statement about the Confederate flag and George Allen, I completely agree with him that the flag is not necessarily a racist symbol. History should never be ignored or forgotten. I think people above the Mason Dixon line forget that it is even a part of U.S. history. The problem I have with Sen. Allen is not his flag but his use of racial epithets. I don’t want a man who calls an American man of Indian descent a “macaca” to represent me in Congress. I’ve read that other people have witnessed him saying worse things than that, but I won’t cite them because it’s hearsay. I also know that Mr. Allen owned stock in Barr Laboratories Inc., the only American maker of the Plan B morning after pill. I’m pro-choice, but Mr. Allen is not. Not only is he a racist, he is also a hypocrite. The flag? That’s not what’s bothering me. br> — Molly McAshan /p> p> BLUE RIBBON br> Re: Robert Nowall’s letter (under “Tap Tap”) in Reader Mail’s The Short Goodbye : /p> p>Re: Robert Nowall’s letter, seeking to locate an out-dated Corona ribbon. Have you tried here ? br> — Raymond Barton br> Fort Worth, Texas /p>