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Reader Feedback 7.17.02

Just fed up         A day after reading Mary Anna Towler’s “A God-fearing People” (July 3), the following appeared on my e-mail: “No God, no peace. Know God, know peace.” At a time when we are “at war,” to quote President Bush, it is a sad commentary to find that we are being censored for using […]

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Reader feedback 7.10.02

What if? In response to Jack Bradigan Spula’s “Just a Child: Learning the Facts of Death” (June 19):             What if Craig Heard was “a wonderful little, smiling little (white) person”?             What if officers Serge Savitcheff, Hector Padgham, and Mike Tymoch were people of color?             What if we had a police force that […]

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Reader feedback 6.26.02

Community voices Thanks and congratulations to City and Ron Netsky for the splendid interviews in โ€œJump Jim Crowโ€ (June 4, June 11). Both the historical and personal dimensions of these reminiscences are indispensable to our community memory. Voices that I have known over the years came through clearly, which was for me a wonderful bonus. […]

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Supporting Israel

Mr. Spulaโ€™s use of โ€œright wingโ€ to describe the Israel Now and Forever Rally (โ€œDC Protests Spring Eternal,โ€ May 2) was inaccurate — unless any pro-Israel activity is right wing in your dictionary. The participants from Rochester represented the entire spectrum of American politics. There were college students and community leaders from all stripes of […]

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Critic tips

My chief objection to George Grella’s movie reviews is that after reading them, I still have no idea whether I want to see the movies in question. Roger Ebert’s and Jon Popick’s movie reviews usually let me know whether I want to spend my money on them. It’s not just a matter of likes or […]

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Falls calls

As the person who took the photograph on the cover of your April 17 edition (โ€œYour Are Here: Inside the Heads of Extreme Athletesโ€), I have a couple of thoughts to pass on to your readers. First, the correct website address for Ruth and Roger Hopkins is www.naturalhighs.net (not โ€œorgโ€ as given in the article). […]

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