To the editors: To me, (and undoubtedly to countless others) Mr. Alan Melzer in the August 9 Neighborhood News article came across as a chronic complainer with too much time on his hands (despite his claim of being too busy to look through his parking tickets). He knowingly parked at broken meters–where cops are able […]
Tag: Vol. 20 No. 45
Issue of Aug. 22 – 28, 1991
Posted inNews & Politics
Department of Terrible Insults
To the editors: This letter is in protest to the terrible insults made against Federico Garcia Lorca in the review of Asi que Pasen Cinco Anos [Once Five Years Pass] in your newspaper the Reader [March 29]. It is obvious that Mr. Valeo has no idea of who Lorca was and sadly enough will never […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Dream House
DREAM HOUSE at Puszh Studios Most writing workshops seem to begin earnestly, with writers honestly critiquing each other’s works and offering ideas for improvement. Inevitably, allegiances develop. If one writer gets significant praise from another, he or she may be reluctant to criticize that person’s work. As a result, rationalizations for bad work often abound. […]
Posted inNews & Politics
How to Mobilize Joe and Jane Mainstream
To the editors: As a longtime participant in social-change movements, I read Harold Henderson’s article [“Picking Up the Peace Movement,” August 9] with interest. I think we who struggle for social justice have lost sight of some important facts: 1. Mainstream people resent a tone of moral superiority; 2. Mainstream people like to win, and […]
Posted inNews & Politics
Field & Street
The prairie opening in the middle of Cap Sauers Holdings is the most beautiful place in the state of Illinois. I suppose some people will argue with an assertion that unequivocal, but those people are wrong, and I can prove it. Most of our beauty spots are vistas for the one-eyed. You have to direct […]