The American Spectator

UNIFIED DECLINE
Re: Hal G.P. Colebatch’s The Blind Men and the Elephant:

In his article “The Blind Men and the Elephant,” Hal Colebatch fairly summarizes the massive decline in various aspects of British life. However, he suggests that this has all happened in the last 11 years of left-wing control by the Labour Party. I left Britain 13 years ago, and was happy to do so as the decline so aptly detailed by Mr. Colebatch was already well underway then, after 18 years of Conservative Party government. While not trying to defend the Labour Party for its role in this decline, I don’t recall too many attempts by the Conservative Party to turn back this tide.
— Mike Stephens
Katy, Texas

STANDING THE TRUTH
Re: Jeffrey Lord’s Biggest Story of 2009: The Rise of the Virtual Newsroom:

As usual Jeffrey Lord makes his point re the virtual newsroom in convincing detail. What to me remains so frustrating is that many of my relations and acquaintances remain blissfully unaware of the fraud and misinformation from the unrelenting progressive-liberal media. These folk who have jobs, families, values, and every day lives that one would think would make them definitely amenable to the conservative messages, that as Mr. Lord details is available from so many sources, just refuse to acknowledge reality. Much like Black Americans and working class citizens that continue to support politicians whose policies are dooming them to perpetual poverty and second class citizenship these people, I guess, just can’t stand the truth.
— Jack Wheatley
Royal Oak, Michigan

THE RIGHTFUL PRIZE WINNER
Re: James M. Thunder’s George C. Marshall: The Berlin Wall and the Nobel Peace Price:

The Nobel Peace Prize properly belongs in perpetuity to the American taxpayer, who has paid and continues to pays for much of whatever peace that has existed in the world over the past 60 years.
— David Govett
Davis, California