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Re: Reader Is Bull About The Word S—

Miriam Gillitt Winer — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:18:31 -0000

I tried to use the word :"you know what": in the title of my comment, it was blocked by your filter!

In any case, I think any child old enough to read the paper has certainly heard that word before, and if not, well, time to learn that a whole vocabulary of grown-up words exists. I don't advocate wholesale use of profanity, but a choice epithet now and then is perfectly fine with me.

Re: NashuaTelegraph.com: Blogs

Miriam Gillitt Winer — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:20:44 -0000

There are so many candidates running, and there are so many people wanting to push a certain candidate, that unless the letter is a constructive analysis of a problem, rather than a puff piece, I would either not publish it at all or relegate it to the Sunday B3 page. Letters that seems to be generated by campaigns should not be published at all.

I really am not swayed by what my neighbors feel about a candidate, living here in NH, I have wonderful opportunities to meet them personally and make up my own mind.

However, a letter that deals with genuine problems, offers non-canned solutions and in passing, mentions a candidate, would be acceptable to put on the week-day Letters page. A reasoned, informative letter can change opinions, provided it is grounded in fact. An "I'm for X too" will not.

Re: Candidate op-eds: Yes or no?

Miriam Gillitt Winer — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:00:46 -0000

I think it important to hear from all the candidates, is there a way you could suspend the regular Sunday columns for a while, and run candidate's columns? It would be good if you could limit the length of their submissions, perhaps running two short ones each Sunday?

This is, as they all are, a very important election, and it's vital to the democratic process that we make up our own minds about the candidates. Hearing from them directly would further this aim.