From Delaware, Mr. Weir on our universities’ religious hate: “Our forefathers formed this nation under Judeo-Christian beliefs. And came here thanks to ‘In God We Trust.’ We have gotten off our sacred trust.”
NYC’s Clotilde: “We’re now fighting ‘the immense sanctimony of posterity’ that we impose, in ways we think we know better.”Readers are writing from Shrewsbury, Mass.; Cambridge, Maine; Washington, DC’s Mr. Patterson, Elaine from Center Moriches, Pat from New Haven, Conn.Attending the Republican National Convention isn’t all it’s cracked up to beMy fan letters usually begin “Dear Stupid,” so I’m grateful for Elaine from Center Moriches, LI, whose envelope is stamped “Artrageous Woman.
From Howard Beach: “Read about our own Battle of Long Island.” Who knew we had one. A historian sent 20 handwritten pages. To me, any battle on Long Island was just taking the LIE to Amagansett.Long pen-and-ink handwritten pages plus a photo copy from a book tell me exactly how “Peter Stuyvesant lost his leg.” From a cannonball. Not sure I need to know that now — but it reads just like what’s happening today in DC.
Bunny, from Central Park West, sent an empty folder. She’d forgotten to put jokes in it. Then came a full one with: “Guy on a plane carrying two dead raccoons. Attendant: ‘Sorry, only one carrion per passenger.’”New York says bye-bye buyers Inventory’s rising: More apartments available. Sales slowing: Apartments taking longer to sell. Buyers have more time to make a decision. First in over a year, luxury apartment prices are falling.