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Outside influences

Naked people and grumpy old men do not go well together. Ralph Bolz, whose letter to Attorney General Jennifer Granholm once again sparked debate on Ann Arbor's Naked Mile, is a testament to this fact. As a member of "The Grumpies," an informal group of about 15 people based out of Livonia, Bolz and his colleagues write letters to politicians and newspapers on issues they find relevant. Though "The Grumpies" hold an admirable passion for activism, both the group and the attorney general's office must stop trying to impose outside values onto the community of Ann Arbor.

Religious wrong

Indiana has become the latest state to be swept up in a growing national movement to allow the Ten Commandments to be hung in schools. Last Monday, its legislature passed a bill permitting the practice. Gov. Frank O'Bannon has promised to sign the bill despite its disregard for a 1980 Supreme Court ruling that found the display of the commandments in schools to be unconstitutional.

Amreeka, beefburgers, and other good things

I correspond, on and off, with my New World colleagues:

Viewpoint : Israel should observe international law

This came from a computer in Beirut, Lebanon where the threat of death protrudes from U.S.-supplied Israeli jets soaring miles above. The officially stated reasons, which every U.S. official has supported almost unconditionally, has been for security, retaliation for the deaths of Israeli soldiers patrolling occupied South Lebanon and to make sure "the soil of Lebanon will burn" (Israeli Foreign Minister, BBC).

Letters to the Editor

Thomas Kuljurgis Tentatively Speaking

2-11-2000