http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2009, Herald Interactive, Inc. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:04:38 -0400 bill@heraldinteractive.com (Bill Gaffney) 120 http://news.bostonherald.com/siteImages/news_adlogo.gif http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/?srvc=rss 126 37 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/XcLgNhMeJ0M/view.bg Councilor Michael Flaherty's idea to slash the city's motor pool by having workers ride the T is a brilliant strategy for doubling the number of employees on the... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:25:12 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184710&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184710&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/dBMM8L5Y-dE/view.bg After watching so-called All-Stars like A-Rod and Manny stained and stigmatized by their alleged use of steroids, it is refreshing to see the actions of Dustin Pedroia, the... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:23:37 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184707&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184707&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/ovw-6Uhvt-Y/view.bg I agree with Jay Ambrose ("Obamanomics better stimulate GOP response," July 11) in that Republicans, independents and moderate Democrats need to speak up about the... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:21:02 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184706&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184706&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/nDxPDVPodcs/view.bg Everyone seems to be missing the point: Stealing is stealing no matter how you look at it ("Buddy, can you spare a dime for Tom Brady," July 10). What's next?... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:19:14 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184705&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184705&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/U7iKLpaOUas/view.bg Any profession/vocation in which children are the target consumer or in which they are directly dealt with should be void of sex offenders ("The heat's on ice cream... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:17:08 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184704&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184704&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/s2SaJj2q6uI/view.bg I'm all for closing the zoo (July 13). It has done absolutely nothing positive for the public. It costs the taxpayers a lot of money to keep it running, with more increases... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:07:14 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184702&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184702&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/GIJwuUl5Z1o/view.bg Columnist Margery Eagan says the common denominator in recent fatalities was no seat belts ("No excuses: Pass seat belt law," July 7). Well that was also common... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:56:55 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184409&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184409&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/cM4ei2m7xQo/view.bg Robert McNamara's obit summed up with startling brevity the fullness of the fallacy which pervaded his person when he was described as "known as a policymaker with... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:56:31 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184408&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184408&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/n4dvHSK6m4I/view.bg Columnists Maureen Dowd and Margery Eagan are giddy with delight as they diagnose soon-to-be Citizen Palin as a loon ("A half-baked Alaska plan by Sarah Palin,"... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:56:14 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184407&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184407&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/3sWXL0y5MuY/view.bg There is no other industry that is bringing in $870 million in new revenue to our economy while creating over 5,700 new jobs ("Lawmaker: Film tax credit a reel waste,"... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:55:45 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184406&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184406&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/8wK-KiWzm7s/view.bg Lauren Beckham Falcone's column was a reminder of what today's media is trying to glorify ("A memorial service unfit for a king who abdicated his throne,"... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:55:18 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184405&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184405&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/J2Qo5HXvZcQ/view.bg The Herald's claim that CORI reform bills would unfairly restrict employer access to criminal records misses the mark ("No lock on CORI," July 6). Proposed... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:55:20 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184005&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184005&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/G5p1Ta3AQUw/view.bg As a T employee I feel that the employee pass is not unreasonable since many of us use our passes within the course of performing our jobs ("Charlie free-for-all,"... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:54:21 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184004&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184004&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/F0uB_0pIJIw/view.bg I compliment Amy Willis' column about Michael Jackson ("The Thriller is not gone," July 4). She nailed it! We are the Michael Jackson generation. As a writer... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:52:21 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184003&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184003&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/z2UiNa1gEF8/view.bg I sincerely believed it was impossible that this Democratic Congress could become more useless and repugnant. But that was before Al Franken, one of America's hopeless... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:51:35 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184002&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1184002&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/XpCdx2qGkT4/view.bg I applaud Jessica Fargen's very real reporting (July 7). Although it is painful to read how Amanda Murray, Anna Dubois and Nicholas Kelly died in a 100 percent preventable... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:46:38 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183999&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183999&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/jEYhS0Agh9I/view.bg The character that Michael Jackson's detractors have fastened upon is the one he morphed into after Hollywood and the pharmaceutical industry struck a gold mine (July... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:00:22 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183784&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183784&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/3iXixRNcxkk/view.bg All the politicians who spent a year or two running for president - among them, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry etc. - should have quit. How much time... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:41:14 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183571&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183571&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/gxg9OdEjzWs/view.bg Clarifications are in order ("Toxic waste casts cloud on Massachusetts solar co.," July 3). Under the state's Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA), Massachusetts... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:40:24 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183570&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183570&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/SgQuOZGtO9k/view.bg I was heartened to see that the Herald supports reforms that eliminate inaccuracies in the system, and that the Herald understands the desire to get people back to gainful... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:39:06 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183569&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183569&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/rw74E7fq2Es/view.bg MBTA employees do not get free Charlie Cards (July 3). They receive an employee ID which allows them to travel within the system to get back and forth to work and work-related... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:35:34 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183565&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183565&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/BsMGBGFiRaI/view.bg We now have an ethics bill and it only took a little over 200 years and a 25 percent increase in the sales tax to get it ("Gov signs ethics reform," July 2). It... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:20:29 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183293&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183293&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/8xsIR1NM7dg/view.bg I am all in favor of testing seniors, but I do not agree with taking away the senior discount for auto insurance ("Elderly drivers may pay more," June 29). It suddenly... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:19:51 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183292&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183292&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/WuaDHTBTpiw/view.bg I applaud state Sen. Michael Knapik for trying to weed out ice cream truck drivers who have been convicted of sex crimes ("The heat's on ice cream truck vendors,"... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:07:57 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183290&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183290&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/opinion/letters/~3/J8HJXm-LU-0/view.bg It sickens me to think that our governor is giving a $20 million tax credit to Hollywood actors who work in our state - I'm sure Mel Gibson will starve if he has to pay... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:06:37 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183289&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1183289&srvc=rss