Tag: Vol. 16 No. 29

To the editors: Three cheers for your article on Jean Gump (April 17). We all need to know about the heroic acts of others, performed for the assurance of our future. The only information lacking in your article was Jean’s address for those who want to say “thanks” to her. I might suggest enclosing a […]

To the editors: I enjoyed reading Harold Henderson’s article on the controversial Commonwealth Edison rate-freeze proposal (April 10). It was an interesting, well-balanced piece, providing your readers with the opportunity to hear arguments on each side of this important issue. As an aside, Henderson wondered aloud why Edison officials initially approached the state’s attorney’s office, […]

To the editors: Regarding your question as to the origin of the phrase “the whole nine yards” [The Straight Dope, April 10], I submit the following: The phrase has its origins not in concrete, coal or sailing ships, but in the humble general store of bygone days. These stores sold just about everything a family […]

To the editors: Kevin Kitchen and W. Lunt came down pretty hard on us so-called prolifers [Letters, March 27]. About the only crimes we weren’t accused of were causing acid rain and the dollar’s decline. May I try to sort through that diatribe and set some ideas straight for these good people? Let’s start with […]

To the editors: James Krohe Jr.’s “Reflections: Beware of Your Schools” [April 24] was very good. I agree — the American “education system” is social control training. Computer “literacy” is a sinister oxymorontechnical know-how passed off as the ability to understand Chaucer or Coover. Publish more Krohe. Steve Mitchell De Kalb

To the editors: I really must protest Tom Valeo’s review of Alliance Theatre’s Killing Game in your April 17 issue. Mr. Valeo, who is normally a perceptive and thoughtful critic, seems to have missed the point of the play and the production. It is true that Ionesco’s play concerns itself with a mysterious, fatal disease […]

To the editors: David Moberg’s review of Rusted Dreams [April 10] calls attention to strengths and weaknesses of Bensman and Lynch’s study of steel and South Chicago. I worked at U.S. Steel South Works and was active in its Unemployed Committee. My neighbor, Frank Lumpkin, is leader of the Wisconsin Steelworkers Save Our Jobs Committee, […]