Some have been, or might have been, sent to newspapers as "Letters to the Editor", but it's not easy to get them into actual publication. None of mine have made it so far.
Personal:
Why a Personal Web Page?
Age has some Privileges
Ageing and Mortality
"Oilcan" Butterfly
Peak Experiences
"Great Legs"
Women Talking
Advice and Consent
"I forgot ... "; "I can't ... "
Thoughts on Men and Fathers
Learning without doing
If it's broke ...
Pride and Shame in Things German
Berlin as my "Heimatsstadt"
Art Hoppe - Newspaper Columnist
My Favorite Painting
The Briar Patch of Language
Millions of Years of Evolution ...
and we've come to this ...
(started Dec. 8, 2003)
Body-Mass Index, Galileo and Kafka
(new March 5, 2006)
Reminiscences: Growing up in Germany after the War, and in the U.S. after immigration; moved to a separate page (10/25/04):
Reminiscences
Writings: Fiction writings, moved to a separate page (10/25/04):
Writings
The World
Ground Hog Day in Israel
(Oct. 21, 2003)
American Sports:
Games, God and Glory (Oct. 2003)
Cardinal Law
and the Catholic Church in Boston
The Catholic Church
Organized Religion
Should The City And County of San Francisco Rename The Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W Bush Sewage Plant?
Comment added: What a fitting tribute to a president who has turned just about everything he touched to manure.
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President Bush: The Second Four Years
Four More Years (Nov. 6, 2004)
The Coalition of the Departing (Nov. 6, 2004)
Peace and War
American Respect (Sept. 27, 2004)
Third Anniversary of "My Pet Goat" (Sept. 11, 2004)
"Mr. Bush and the Truth About Terror" (Sept. 2, 2004)
"... harm to our country and our people ..."
(Aug. 6, 2004)
... "weapons of mass destruction-related program activities" ...
(Jan. 24, 2004)
Wolfowitz Rewards our Pals from Micronesia
(Dec. 11, 2003)
Mission Accomplished? (Nov. 4, 2003)
White House Webmail:
Message sent; irrelevant canned reply
(Oct. 3, 2003)
Your Tax Dollars for Iraq, lining whose Pockets?
(Sept. 30, 2003)
Bush wants $87 billion more for Iraq (9/11/03)
Our own little United Nations in Iraq (8/12/03)
PAM: Policy Analysis Market (8/1/03)
"Top Gun" says: "Bring 'em on" (7/21/03)
Senator Robert C. Byrd 2003 Speeches (7/19/03)
Rumsfeld Rumblings (4/14/03)
Mark Twain's "War Prayer" (4/9/03)
Peace March in Boston (4/3/03)
Peace, and the War on Iraq (3/19/03)
Hall of Shame, and Hall of Fame
(3/21/03; updated 4/18/03)
Letters and Email
The opponent is Bush, not each other!Letters to the New York Times:
To Kerry, Edwards, Lieberman, Gephart campaigns
(11/6/03)
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Comments on "Bush Admin. Perf. Eval." (4/22/03)
President Bush "Peace and the War on Iraq"
(3/15/03)
Senator Kerry "Re John Kerry for President"
(3/13/03)
Friends of Joe Lieberman
(3/18/03)
Senator Kennedy "Thank you for speaking out"
(3/18/03)
Comparison to the fall of the Berlin WallLetters to other Organizations:
(4/11/03)
Re: With Eyes and Ears Closed
(3/17/03)
President Bush "outraged" by Enron
(1/12/02)
The Mid-East conflict
(4/1/02)
AARP
to protest AARP's support of the Medicare
bill, and to resign our membership
ChevronTexaco
re cancellation of Met Opera broadcast sponsorship
WCRB
to protest cancellation of
Met Opera broadcasts
NARAL
why their endorsement of Al Gore
lost them my contribution
The Bush Nation
Homeland Security - dimensionally challenged
(updated Sept. 28, 2004)
"The Truth Is What We Say It Is"
(started Sept. 15, 2004)
Bumper Stickers:
Acts of Senseless Patriotism and Random Humor
(9/2/03)
The new, improved, lemon-freshened White House Email
(7/24/03)
America, the Powerful (and Loud): the Fat of the Land
(7/15/03)
"In Your Dreams" - A Bush Press Conference
(updated March 19,2003)
President Bush: What's wrong with these pictures?
(updated June 14, 2004)
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