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...Runners-Up Why are you wasting space on Warah Palin [Dec. 29]? Her time is past. Let sleeping dogs lie. Nothing would make me happier than to have a woman as our Chief Executive. However, she should be an able, qualified one, not a Miss Cutesy Pants. Doris Paster, SOMERSET...
...feel to be asked by Obama to play such an important role in the Inauguration? Overwhelming, humbling, joyful. What we have is his understanding that the arts do have a place in day-to-day life, that poetry can still us--that is, let us pause for a moment and, as we contemplate that careful, careful language, hopefully see situations anew, from a different angle. That's so much of what art and poetry offer. To have that affirmed by the President-elect has really been an exciting thing for poets...
...instead strangely ennobling. They make you realize how much effort we expend every day convincing ourselves that we're different and what a relief it is to admit that we're not. It's lonely here at the top of the tool-using hierarchy--why don't we let down our fur and join the club? If they'll have us, that is. If animals could describe us in return, the results might not be so flattering...
...TellUnless you're pals, don't ask a co-worker if he got laid off. Likewise, don't let on if you know he's about to get axed...
Survivor's GuiltYou get to stay; they don't. "Give them your full attention and let them know you're there for them," Post says...