Articles Written By Kate Schlegel
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Reader Letters
A Question of Genetics
Dear editor, Nell Boeschenstein’s excellent article, “Out of the Brainland and Into the Heartland,” was very interesting and “down to earth” reporting on Mr. Jefferson and his Monticello. However,...
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Reader Letters
An Issue With Language
Let me start off by saying that I love your site and that I regularly share it with others, whenever possible. I’m particularly fond of the Non-Expert, which is...
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Reader Letters
Not Hideous Enough
Most hideous car on the streets of America? Perhaps you are thinking of the car it replaced, the Dodge Neon. More correctly, the American car with proportions most resembling a...
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Reader Letters
On Scaring the Co-Workers
Hi, guys, Just wanted to mention that Matthew Baldwin is freakin’ hilarious. Since I’m bored at work I had the pleasure of reading his Mindfuck Movies, laughing the whole...
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Reader Letters
Choosing the Right Words
Dear sir or madam, I have been regularly reading and enjoying TMN for several months now, and I was recently taken aback to see a headline reading “Latitude lacks in...
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Reader Letters
Ingredients: Tomatoes, Onions, Broth, and a Dash of Salt
Hi, Kate, Perhaps, instead of swearing off your beloved soup, you could try making it yourself. Yes, it may take a bit more time than it takes you to microwave...
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Reader Letters
Sincerely Yours, Offended in Paris
Dear Editors, As an American currently living in Paris with my family, I was discouraged to read the broad, stereotypical claims made by Rosecrans Baldwin in “Paris I Love You...
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Reader Letters
Defending a Decision
Dear Morning News Readers Who Think it Was Unfair That I Judged Díaz vs. Lippman Because I Already Have Read and Liked Díaz, Are you batshit crazy? I...
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Reader Letters
In Appreciation
Dear Mr. Warner, I just wanted to thank you for your candid and insightful commentary on the second-round Tournament of Books matchup between Denis Johnson’s Tree of Smoke and...
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Reader Letters
Letter: From Russia
Dear Morning News editors, I quite happily read Elizabeth Kiem’s article on the elections in Russia last week. As I’ve been living in Russia this year, through both...
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Reader Letters
Guilfoile-Warner Counterpoint
Dear Morning News folks, So Barack Obama fans Kevin Guilfoile and John Warner agree that in a prospective match-up between Hillary Clinton and John McCain, they might well vote for...
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Reader Letters
Meanwhile, in the Obama Camp…
Dear TMN, When we got the results of the Iowa caucus, I felt the things I was supposed to feel: excitement, vindication, enthusiasm, and fear. Fear of Mike Huckabee, primarily,...