Author Archives: Jimmie Lee Buehler

Dear Ms. True: Two slight corrections regarding the Taft plaster sculpture of the Standing Lincoln, said to be given to the Vanderpoel collection by the Art Institute and never executed [Separation Anxiety,” May 30]. Actually, Mr. Taft personally donated the cast to the collection in 1927, and a statue was executed from the cast which […]

“Nixon in Hell” [April 29] was a great piece of fiction. Even he enjoyed it, according to message recieved on voice mail. Said he was happily reunited with Pat, and they’re looking down on you guys and “laughing like hell.” Jimmie Lee Buehler W. 84th St.

Dear Sir: The comic strips nowadays seldom make me laugh. One, in particular, about a garbage-guzzling, latrine-lapping dog, makes me want to puke. However, the pathos of Ernie Pook’s “The Very Pink Flowers,” appearing in your April 8 issue, hit a nerve and made me cry. Jimmie Lee Buehler W. 84th St.

On a cold night last week, the stream of commuters cutting through the lobby of the Board of Trade Building suddenly divided. In our path was a young man stretched out on his back, eyes shut. There was no blood, no sign of violence, but he wasn’t moving. My reactions ranged from pity to paranoia: […]