Cul de Sac on hiatus, Mallard Fillmore returns
To the editor:
I was overjoyed to see Mallard Fillmore back on your comics page.
The boring, tasteless, and mendacious campaign material that seems to be the fashion for both parties these days certainly could use a shot of humor, and Mallard is just the guy to provide it. Thank you.
KENDRICK V. COOPER
HENDERSON
To the editor:
Now you’ve done it. You have taken cute little Alice and Cul de Sac off the comic pages and replaced her with a political cartoon. In the morning, I want some gentle smiles with my coffee; not politics on the comics page. If you wish to make fun of our president, please do so on the political and/or editorial pages.
I have always ignored Doonesbury at the bottom of the comics page; but now you have taken away my Alice! Please put her back.
MARTHA PULKOWSKI
LAS VEGAS
To the editor:
We were shocked to see Mallard Fillmore, a political cartoon, in the comics section replacing a favorite comic strip, Cul de Sac.
Since when did the Review-Journal decide to shove its opinion down our throats on the comics page? Are you so afraid of this year’s election that you can no longer depend on your one-sided commentaries to sway readers?
When talking to the editor, we were told this is a permanent change, which means that no comic strip is safe from the Review-Journal’s commitment to the Republican Party.
DIANE SHAUL
HENDERSON
To the editor:
To put it simply, a big thank you for bringing Mallard Fillmore back to your newspaper.
While our family is happy to have Mallard back, our heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to Richard Thompson (creator of the comic strip “Cul de Sac,” now on hiatus) and his family as he battles his devastating Parkinson’s disease.
MICHAEL MITCHELL
LAS VEGAS
To the editor:
I was pleased to see Mallard Fillmore is back. Now if only the Review-Journal would stop forcing subscribers to pay for the horrible Las Vegas Sun.
L.A. COLLINS
BOULDER CITY
Transitioning
To the editor:
It was with great pleasure that I saw that the Review-Journal chose to print a story about a brave young man transitioning from female to male (“Transgender college student tells positive story of male transition,” Monday). I find the Review-Journal covers LGBT stories very rarely. The more people learn about others, the more they understand.
For any youth or parents who need answers to their questions, Las Vegas has a GLBT center. Its website is www.thecenterlv.com. And there is a national organization called PFLAG: Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. They can be found at www.pflag.org. Thank you for printing this article.
BEANO SOLOMON
LAS VEGAS
Too many laws
To the editor:
It was both interesting and sad to read your Sunday editorial on downtown parking and Donald Wudarski’s letter on inspections. Both were commenting on laws that should not exist.
There is no harm to anyone by parking on a vacant lot, and owners should be free to do what they wish to their own home. However, we, as a society, have allowed our government (both parties equally responsible) to legislate every detail of our lives to where freedom has become near non-existent.
As another example, if you own a property where there is an HOA, the “Nevada Community Association Uniform Act” consists of 431 pages, telling you what you can or cannot do with your own home.
How have we let this happen? How have we allowed our government to regulate every little detail of our lives and still call this a free country? Maybe this is part of the reason countries historically never last more than a few hundred years. We legislate ourselves out of existence until major collapse or revolt occurs.
If one travels to China, one finds there is more freedom in China today than in the United States. In fact, China today reminds me much of the United States in the ’50s, the days of my youth, when we were on an upward trend and we all had dreams. Instead, we have legislated bootstrap and dreams out of existence with completely unnecessary and unneeded laws.
ROBERT STANELLE
LAS VEGAS
Change in lineup
To the editor:
When Adrienne Packer wrote the Road Warrior column, I read it mainly to check for road closures that would affect me personally. Only then would I scan the remainder of her column, not usually impressed and (more importantly) never entertained.
Lo and behold, a guy by the name of Richard Lake took over the column, and I was instantly drawn in. He was interesting, had a great sense of humor and drove home the point he was making like Jackie Robinson. It got to be where I would look for his column before reading the front page.
Why on earth would you take him off this column after such a short time? Surely you must have recognized his great writing style and talent. It couldn’t be just me.
I was more than disappointed to get my Sunday newspaper this week to find you have assigned the column to someone else. No offense meant, but once again, I am bored with Road Warrior and simply move on to the next page.
Just wanted to put in my two cents worth and hope that you utilize Mr. Lake’s writing talent elsewhere in your newspaper so that I may experience a chuckle or two while nodding my head in silent agreement.
GIG FREDENHALL
HENDERSON
