Great Work, Great Article
Thanks for the awesome article “With Trembling Fingers” (by Hal Crowther, May 15). I can certainly see why Mr. Crowther is an award-winning writer! Thanks and keep up the great work and the articles!
— Mary Page, Charlotte
An Eye-Opener
“With Trembling Fingers” is the best summation of our involvement in Iraq that I have ever read. I intend to quote several paragraphs and send them for publication in the Mobile Press Register. We’re surrounded, here in South Alabama, by Republicans who consider anyone who criticizes George Bush a Communist! Sure would like to open a few eyes so they could see the situation for what it really is.
— Sally Stokely, Daphne, AL
Love the Loaf
My husband and I enjoy your paper so much. Tara Servatius’ insightful, interesting, direct writing is weekly something to behold. My favorite thing that I read all week in any paper is the “Word on the Street.” I always laugh myself silly over the comments and can’t wait to see what occupations they have. (I especially love the little old black lady’s irreverent comments.)
— Jomelle Key, Charlotte
The Two-State Sandbox
Your article on who crapped in the sand box (“Sun! Sand! Surf! Sex! Money! Corruption!” by Will Moredock, June 2) was excellent and I would like to expand that observation to the Carolinas. I’ve lived in the Carolinas for the past 20 years and watched it grow from the best-kept secret in the country, to a good place to live and work, to the crap box that it has become today. What has happened to Myrtle Beach over those years has also happened to all the metro areas of the Carolinas, such as Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston, etc. The culprits are the same, developers that don’t care about anything else but a quick sale on their shoddy construction, and city halls that don’t care about anything but your property taxes for their benefit. And they have the momentum on their side — thanks to free trade that destroyed employment in the small towns, everyone is forced to live and work in these various crap boxes that we are all now supposed to embrace as the new South of opportunity. There is an upside and a downside to all this growth in the Carolinas. The upside is that these cities have attracted a lot of good corporate employment in the area. The downside is the lifestyle of living on credit in shoddy construction in an overcrowded, mismanaged city, or commuting 30 miles every day back and forth to work. I only see one solution and it’s a good one. Rent and put at least $1,000 per month into your tax deductible 401k and IRA savings plans. In just 20 years, you’ll have enough money to live anywhere you want in the country, not to mention a great life of recreation and mobility without the constraints of credit that seem to so often plague these areas that we are forced to live and work in these days.
— Tom Scott, Charlotte
Quinn Must Not Be Christian
I am writing in response to the article pertaining to homeschooling (“Homeschool Horror,” by Quinn Cotton, May 5). My first thought was how could any educated journalist compare terrorism to homeschooling. Then I realized that Quinn Cotton is probably not a Christian and believes in abortion, evolution, John Kerry, CNN, same-sex marriage, and is against any war no matter the atrocities committed. I was also that way until I became a Christian. Luckily, I woke up. Hopefully you will also wake up someday before God decides where you will spend eternity.
Reading this article made me realize how anyone can become a journalist. Unfortunately a degree does not give a person knowledge of everything. I have a degree and I am aware, unlike Quinn Cotton, that I do not know everything. However, I do know a little about homeschooling. My children have just completed their first year of homeschooling with the Abeka Academy. My 4-year-old is now reading and writing cursive, simple addition, etc. His pre-K class before homeschooling made crafts. Most in his class were still trying to master English since I live near the border.
I would also like to tell you that as an officer in the military, I lay my life on the line so that you have the freedom to create your narrow-minded views and publish them. I just have to remind myself that I also protect the Christian citizens of the US. By the way in case you did not know, our country was founded by Christians. They knew what they were doing when they founded our great nation and we know what we’re doing by homeschooling our children.
–Jason, El Paso, TX
This article appears in Jun 9-15, 2004.
