The American Spectator

Reader Mail

Piping Up

3.31.08 @ 12:01AM

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Joy to the world
It's for all the boys and girls
Joy to liberation theology
Joy to you and me

Ya'll know my little lady
Loves to have her fun
She's my high pitched flower into rainbow power
My smooth talkin' sweet honey bun
Oh yeah, my smooth talkin' sweet honey bun
Now sing it...

Joy to the world
It's for all the boys and girls
Joy to liberation theology
Joy to you and me
-- Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas

WELL READ
Re: Michael Jondreau's letter (under "Unwittingly") in Reader Mail's Hispanic Integration:

I am an editor and an English major, and I can read. Therefore, I am compelled to correct Mr. Jondreau's assertion that "in his review, Christopher Orlet sneers that any teen with an iPod could refute her theories."

In fact, what Mr. Orlet said was that this particular Wirehead (who was playing video games, by the way, not iPodding) could refute her THESIS, which is entirely different from a theory. Viz. to wit:

n. pl. the-ses (-sz)
1. A proposition that is maintained by argument.
2. A dissertation advancing an original point of view as a result of research, especially as a requirement for an academic degree.
3. A hypothetical proposition, especially one put forth without proof.

Now if Mr. Jondreau could please disconnect the wires in both ears, drop the Blackberry, turn off the cell phone, and locate a dictionary, perhaps he could understand the other long words in the review.
-- Kate Shaw
Nit Picking English Major
Toronto, Canada

ALL THE WORDS FIT TO PRINT
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Pants on Fire:

Thank God I finally found and read your article which include the words, "lie," "liar," and "shameless," in writing about the Clintons. What is the matter with us? How can this type of behavior be absolved in the media, ergo in the minds of their supporters? Thank you.
-- Chery McBride

Letter to the Editor

topics:
Taxes, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton, Business, Constitution, Law, Iran, Israel, NATO