Mash Notes, Hate Mail & Other Correspondence

To the editor; Unless you are an economist or an avid investor, you probably do not pay much attention to the bond market, yet its transactions directly affect your financial welfare because it is the place where the $32 trillion of long-term U.S. Treasury Bills are bought and sold. Many believe that Federal Reserve policy is the primary determinant of interest rates in the economy, but the fed sets short-term bank rates that have only an indirect effect on most interest rates. It is the market-determined yield (interest rate) on the ten-year Treasury Bill that is used to directly determine rates for most consumer debt …

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Dear Sir, Effective immediately and in perpetuity, I hereby officially rename the water in my toilet bowl Lake Trump. William D. Ehrhart Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania William: Well, that’s settled. Neatly done. We notice that you make no claim to exclusivity. Given the near-ubiquity of such facilities in separate and distinct real estate parcels all over the nation—and the world—we see no reason why others who may be so inclined should not emulate your exquisitely appropriate designation. The Editor –=≈=– Shaheen is a Pragmatic Democrat To the Editor: Having run in and been elected to local and state offices we know the effort that is needed not just to …

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[No salutation necessary.] I’m sending you some stamps in hopes that it will help with the costs of mailing out copies of the Gazette. I don’t have to tell you the cost of one stamp!!! I thought I was going to pass out in the Post Office lobby when they told me! It’s like Old Willie said: “The World’s all going to ‘Pot;’ Whether we like it or not. The Best I can tell the World’s going to hell and we’re sure going to miss it a lot. All the Whisky in Lynchburg, Tenn. ain’t going to hit the spot. I’ve got a hundred dollar …

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To the Editor: Trump’s right about vandals damaging the reflecting pool; however, the truth is Trump is the vandal. His hire-the-incompetent approach to government is ruining more than the reflecting pond. He vandalized the Kennedy Center when he defaced it with his name. Millions of taxpayers’ dollars brought back the Kennedy (only) Center. He vandalized the White House by demolishing the East Wing. Like the ignorant Vandals, history means nothing to Trump. He vandalized the Rose Garden by paving it over. Like ancient Vandals he destroys places of beauty. He vandalized signage throughout our national parks. Like illiterate Vandals, Trump doesn’t read. He’ll vandalize the …

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To the N.H. Department of Energy, Concord, N.H.: Dear Sirs, On behalf of Seacoast Anti-Pollution League (SAPL) and our approximately 300 members throughout the Seacoast region of New Hampshire, I’d like to submit the following comments in regard to your “Nuclear Roadmap” process. In considering an energy “roadmap,” I thought of a famous essay in Foreign Affairs, by energy expert Amory Lovins of Rocky Mountain Institute—which was published 50 years ago this year. In it, he posited two paths to our energy future—50 years on—dubbed “hard” and “soft,” and you can likely guess which is which. While the soft path was mostly neglected over the …

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