Author Archives: Joy Calhoun

To the editors: In the October 23 Reader, in the discussion on the Education Amendment, you quote Judy Topinka, Republican from North Riverside, as saying, “Giving kids a bad education is the next best thing to killing them outright.” I assume she means that the best thing would be killing them outright. I do not […]

To the editors: Considering the riots after the Bulls victory [Hot Type, June 19] it seems to me that a day of mourning would be more appropriate for Chicago than a victory celebration. Joy Calhoun Glen Ellyn

To the editors: In the February 7 issue of the Reader, in the article about Michael Jackson, Bill Wyman justifies his asking “uncomfortable, prying questions” because “we all have a stake in the survival of our artists” and Jackson’s lack of a “discernible sex life is one that begs to be examined . . . […]

To the editors: Maybe you should suggest to Albert Williams that perhaps he means lectern, not podium. One stands on a podium. It is where one puts one’s feet–(as in podiatrist). A lectern is a desk that, in the Middle Ages, professors stood in back of, to read their texts which the students copied word […]

To the editors: In regard to your article about schools being crowded on the north side, as well as other areas in the city [Neighborhood News, June 8], may I (who would point out that the emperor had no clothes) ask why it takes three years to build a school? I remember that the United […]

To the editors: I am writing about the letter from the person whose name was withheld, who pointed out how he and others had been abused by Bruno Bettelheim [April 6]. If you do not publish this letter, please forward it to him, because I would like him to know that I, at least, believe […]

To the editors: “Elizabeth” is wonderful [“Elizabeth’s Story,” December 15]. How many teen age pregnancies are the result of rape? Does anyone know, or even ask? Joy Calhoun Glen Ellyn PS: “Elizabeth” brings so clearly to my mind the last verse of Andrew Calhoun’s song “Survivor.” May you outlive the end of that story And […]

To the editors: Did anyone think to invite Jim Northcutt [“The Rag Man of Lincoln Park,” November 3] home to take a shower? or did they just keep on smelling him? Joy Calhoun Glen Ellyn

To the editors: Congratulations on the wonderful article by Larry Rand, “How I Lost the Vietnam War” [June 26]. I saw the comment by your reader who considered it an insult to the men who fought over there. I don’t understand why it is not obvious that people who objected to the war did not […]

To the editors: Congratulations on the wonderful article by Larry Rand, “How I Lost the Vietnam War” [June 26]. I saw the comment by your reader who considered it an insult to the men who fought over there. I don’t understand why it is not obvious that people who objected to the war did not […]