Category Archives: Times letters

Times n-word hypocrisy

I sent the following letter to letters@nytimes on May 2, 2021. So far, it has not appeared in The Times. To the Editor: Regarding The Times’ May 2 op-ed, “How the N-Word Became Unsayable,” by John McWhorter: Times editors thought … Continue reading

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My NRA hit list

By Joel Thurtell I’m on the NRA’s hit list. They’re hitting me up for money so they can protect patriotic Americans whose “Second Amendment rights,” the NRA claims, are in danger of being “dismantled and destroyed.” “THEY WANT TO MAKE … Continue reading

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Letter to Times: Those independent Tarascans

Guess I’m just not on the radar at The New York Times. The latest of my unpublished letters to The Times: To the Editor: I was not surprised to learn that the people of Cheran in western Mexico expelled police, federal … Continue reading

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Letter to Editor re “Earliest Americans”

Now and then, I feel compelled to write a letter to the editor of The New York Times. The Times never has responded, nor have they ever published one of my letters. I’m going to start posting my unpublished New … Continue reading

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