Word: letters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...professors’ letter is a “step in the right direction,” said Amanda C. Goad, president of HLS Lambda, a law students’ group that advocates for gay rights...
Michael Moore, the loudest, most visible (and, to many, most annoying) voice of the American Left surprised me a few weeks ago: he posted a letter on his website in strong support of Wesley Clark. Although Moore was cautious not to label the letter an “endorsement,” Moore’s letter clearly backed Clark as a presidential candidate. “[N]ow is the time for all good people from the far left to the middle of the road to bury the damn hatchet and get together behind someone who is not only...
...read the letter, I thought to myself, does Moore really know Wesley Clark? Does he know the Clark who backed the campaigns of Nixon, Reagan, and Bush I, and even showed support for Bush II? Does he know that Clark is up in the air on affirmative action policy, opposes gays serving openly in the military, and is not very critical of the Patriot Act? Or that he’s in favor of nominating Supreme Court justices with “moderate views” and increasing military spending? Or that he has provided almost no plans or promises...
What shocks me about Moore’s letter in support of Clark is that Moore wrote it. The millions who support Moore expect his politics to come from the far-far Left, not the Clintonian middle ground, and rightfully so. This is the same guy who exposed and humiliated General Motors C.E.O. Roger Smith as a depraved corporate crook in Roger and Me and publicly lambasted Nike C.E.O. Phil Knight as a supporter of child labor in The Big One. This is a guy whose entire career has been defined by an unabashed and ruthless brand of Leftist principle...
...involved because if you were of a certain height or weight, you got a letter the summer before freshman year from Harry describing why I was so uniquely qualified for rowing,” Lowe said. “I knew that it was a lot of nonsense, but it got me to go to the introductory meeting...