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This is why we are not surprised that one of our own decided to express his frustration with the organization in his bi-monthly column by pointing out the most unctuous portions of its latest publication, and by naming those who appear on the masthead. What does surprise us is the response he apparently elicited. Someone within our community decided that the best way to let Peninsula know that he or she disapproves of its inflammatory and overblown rhetoric was to tape a swastika to the door of one of its members. Apparently, linking Padilla to the genocidal reign...
...statement at the bottom of the Peninsula's masthead claims that "All signed pieces express the views of the author." The article in question, however, was made to sound like a staff editorial: it employed a "we" personification and--in writing of "Peninsula's Official Enemies List" [italics added]--spoke for the magazine as a whole. Moreover, the political and philosophical agenda of Peninsula is so consistent and extreme that those who sign on and allow their names to appear on the masthead have to assume that they will be linked in spirit with all that appears within the magazine...
...about faith that I wrestle with. Faith is too hard. It creates too many conflicts. I think if I myself could do it over again I'd be a man of no faith." There are moments in his usually masterful moderation of the telecasts when that ambivalence seems to express itself more clearly than his faith...
...most ways, having a home page is a good thing. A page gives you the power to express yourself in any way you choose. It can connect you with interesting people the world over you'd otherwise never meet. It can give you a sense of pride in yourself, and establish your presence, however small, in the vast electronic universe...
...saddened by Christopher McFadden's editorial "Quilts and the Moral Fabric" (Oct. 17). I respect his right to express his opinions, however much I may disagree with them, for as he says, dialogue is essential to progress. However, McFadden's depiction of AIDS as a homosexual disease troubled me; by now he should know that the epidemic is much more complicated than that...