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...this sounds like ranting. The distant music of H. L. Mencken dead-ends in Don Imus imitations. It savors of precisely the poison that it condemns. Indeed, the political malaise we suffer from is usually attended by self-disgust. That is one of the dangers of the current situation. But rather than self-loathing, this election - two inadequate candidates fighting to a weird, ignominious tie, with no expectation even that the winner will be the less lousy - should rouse Americans to self-examination...
...epic (The Birth of a Nation) and the first talkie sensation (The Jazz Singer) wallowed in racial derision, personified by white actors in blackface. Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, Fred Astaire and Bugs Bunny defaced themselves in minstrel cork. Egregious stereotyping can still be heard, most mornings, on Don Imus' and Howard Stern's radio shows--aural blackface. Somebody had to shout, "Enough," and, whaddaya know, it was Spike...
...Jack E. White's commentary on radio host Don Imus and his obnoxious remarks [DIVIDING LINE, May 22]: Those of us who listen to (or watch) Imus' show have come to know that anyone is a likely candidate for his wrath. Color, creed, ethnic background, occupation, political clout or financial position save no one from his outbursts. The truth is, Don is a man who has a heart of gold--but the gold is protected by large sticks of dynamite, set to go off at any moment regardless of who is disturbing them. What we are losing in this country...
...only has Imus won the valued Marconi award for excellence in radio, but he was named by TIME as one of the 25 most influential Americans of 1997. I am not offended by the I-Man; he is what he is, and there is no sugarcoating him. His show is most entertaining and informative. What Imus does is nothing new. White should check his calendar; he seems to be living in the past century. RICHARD UNGER Sarasota...
...next morning I was awakened by a phone call. "Turn your radio on," Buckwheat ordered. "Imus is talking about...