<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Letters to the Editor</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/opinion/letterstotheeditor?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><description>Letters to the Editor</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Whose Space Center?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12489-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12489-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In an April 18 letter, Bobby R. Burchfield, outside counsel to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), wrote that his client "toured a Russian space center because his congressional district includes NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedestrians, Beware]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12490-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12490-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The April 19 Metro story about the hit-and-run death of James Brian Doherty, a D.C. man who feared being hit by a car, resonated with me.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Pope Who Defends the Old Truths]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12488-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12488-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Post's coverage of the passing of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI generally has been respectful, fair and informative. I cannot say the same for the April 20 editorial on the new pope.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living on the Water, and Loving It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10681-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10681-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Regarding "High Housing Costs Chasing More Into Water; Lack of Property Taxes, Lower Fees Among Lures of Boat Living in D.C., Md." [Metro, April 18]:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free for All]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10684-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10684-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[No Delay Was Necessary<br>In making ad hominem attacks on a senator and his staff, Robert D. Novak should take care to at least get his facts straight ["Behind the Assault on Bolton," op-ed, April 14]. Novak wrote, "When Democrats controlled the Senate in 2001, [Sen. Christopher J.]...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Defense Of Bob Dole's Memoir]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10682-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10682-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Jonathan Yardley's April 12 book review of Bob Dole's just-released World War II memoir, "One Soldier's Story," was a mean-spirited, inaccurate and unpro- fessional attack  on the former senator.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skateboard 'Advice' That Lost Its Bearings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10665-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10665-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  As an avid skateboarder, I had issues with the "solid" advice offered in "Get Out: Try Skateboarding" [Sunday Source, April 10].]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping Alive a Myth About FDR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10679-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10679-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The myth that Franklin D. Roosevelt's partial paralysis from polio was kept secret from the public that elected him president four times will apparently never die. It has  been given a new lease on life by the History Channel's documentary about FDR as well as by media coverage of the film in The Post and elsewhere.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[One-Sided on Social Security]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10683-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10683-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Jonathan Weisman's article on the potential popularity of President Bush's Social Security reforms ["Bush Social Security Plan Proves Tough Sell Among Working Poor," front page, April 18] rehashes a tired argument while perpetuating the biggest fallacy about the current Social Security system.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heloise Needs an Eraser]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10680-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10680-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Among the guilty pleasures I may one day have to account for, I admit to being a regular reader of "Hints From Heloise." But the April 17 column in the Comics section reached a low-water mark. "Mark in Philadelphia" suggested that readers use pencils to fill in crossword puzzles. That way, Mark triumphantly declared, you can erase your answers without messing up the puzzle.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blame to Spare at GM]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10685-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10685-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Regarding Allan Sloan's column about the "free lunch" for hourly workers at General Motors [Business, April 19]:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave Ms. Powell's Religion Out of It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10707-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10707-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Staff writers Robin Wright and Al Kamen are correct to raise concerns with the slow pace of the State Department's public diplomacy efforts [news story, April 18]. But it was unfair to take issue with the religion of Dina Habib Powell,  the president's choice to serve as second-in-command for public diplomacy. The article said, "Like [Ms.] Powell, who is Egyptian American, most Arabs in the administration are Christians." The photo that accompanied the story described her as an "Egyptian American but a Christian."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Runs, Hits  --  and Still a Few Errors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10705-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10705-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The April 16 Metro article "Chief Complaint at Nationals' Opener: Long Lines" didn't mention that the concession stands accept only cash  --  and that ATMs are scarce in the stadium. I know retro stadiums are popular; I didn't realize retro also applied to transactions.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once an Emperor, Always an Emperor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10706-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10706-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Regarding Nora Boustany's April 15 Diplomatic Dispatches column about Otto von  Habsburg:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to Do With Errant Doctors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10703-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10703-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In The Post's series on medical boards' disciplinary practices [front page, April 10-12], the April 10 account of Virginia ophthalmologist Kenneth D. Hansen  --  who arrived late for surgery, unshaven, hair uncombed, eyes glassy, speech slurred, face and hands appearing to be swollen  --  raises a question: Why did the hospital staff who observed his condition not prevent him from taking the scalpel to the patient?]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hands Off the Coral]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10704-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10704-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I was disappointed that the Shopper column [Style, April 21] featured coral jewelry on the day before Earth Day.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quiet in the House]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7929-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7929-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In his review of Evgeny Kissin's recital [Style, April 8], staff writer Tim Page noted the disruptive noises from the audience. Some concertgoers need to be reminded that they are not mere spectators, but participants in a group event, and they contribute to a concert's success.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who 'Tony Williams's Voters' Are]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7931-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7931-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In his April 16 op-ed column, "The Right Tony Williams Question," Colbert I. King wrote that D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2)  has run for mayor twice. Untrue. Mr. Evans ran only once, in 1998.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endangering Women's Rights]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7932-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7932-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ After reading the April 12 front-page summary of legislative action in Annapolis, I feel obligated to report on one additional piece of legislation, "Murder and Manslaughter-Viable Fetus," which  passed the House and Senate.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another View of Housing Vouchers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7930-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7930-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_opinion/letterstotheeditor</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:21:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Debbi Wilgoren's April 11 Metro story, "Landlords Accused of Rejecting Vouchers," did not consider the effects of the voucher program on those who live in neighborhoods that have large numbers of participants in the subsidized-housing program. While it is deplorable for a landlord to discriminate on the basis of race or religion, the number of units that can be subsidized in an apartment building or townhouse complex should be limited.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>
