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- Locked outBy pushing proposals to make it harder for millions of Americans to vote, lawmakers in state capitals across the nation look as if they're yearning for the bad old days when the only people who could vote were white guys with money and property.
- Gay marriageAmazing. The California Supreme Court has decided that gays and lesbians are people, too ("Calif. court legalizes gay marriage," May 16)! That we should be free to make good and bad decisions like other people, that we should be able to assume responsibility for our relationships and enjoy the privileges that come with that responsibility. Of course the religious right is already raving about "activist judges" and "letting the people decide."
- The week on the campaign trailReaders respond to this week's events in the campaign for the presidency. Tryst M. Anderson East Norriton trystanderson@yahoo.com
- These are dark days for a once-bright idea in Philadelphia. Charter schools have been a core element of Philadelphia public school reform. Charter schools get taxpayer money, but operate outside the traditional system's rules.
- The easy way outPerhaps it's not polite to interrupt Mayor Nutter and City Council while they pat themselves on the back for the city's new budget, but they're taking the easy way out.
- A sunnier forecastIt's a change of weather, all right. Whoever the next president is, he or she will support federal laws that regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. In speeches this week in Oregon, Sen. John McCain came out for the idea, joining Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
- Where's Lautenberg?Unlike golf, there are no gimmes in politics. Sen. Frank Lautenberg should know that. But Lautenberg appears to be taking his New Jersey primary election for granted by ducking his toughest challenger, Rep. Rob Andrews.
- For the childrenThe article about Tom Gilhool fails to tell fully how far he would go to help children ("A lawyer rests to sit in the sun," May 15).
- The choice of talent and material from a nation that opposes the rights leader's vision needn't be carved in stone. Pride and loyalty dictate a U.S. product.The road to the King memorial has been difficult from the start. It has taken decades to raise the money, select the site and create the design. But of all the battles over how to remember the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this latest round is the most disturbing.
- COLORADO SPRINGS - The three White House contenders didn't attend this week's conference on the U.S. military after Iraq, but their presence was felt.
- It's not always a good idea to follow the rules.When I was a cub reporter at the late and much-lamented Holyoke Transcript-Telegram, I got sent to cover a homicide in one of the less salubrious sections of the town, which is far west of Boston.
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