Letters to the editor – San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, August 2, 2010

Lesson to blogger
The Shirley Sherrod forced resignation should not only be a lesson on the importance of responsible journalism (“Sherrod controversy was about journalism, not race,” Open Forum, July 30), but it also should become a lesson to blogger Andrew Breitbart [...]

July 26, 2010 – New York Times
Leaked Documents Offer Candid Look at Afghan War

To the Editor:
Re “The Afghan Struggle: A Secret Archive” (“The War Logs,” front page, July 26):•
To the Editor:
It should come as no surprise that Pakistan has been aiding the Taliban (“Pakistan Spy Unit Aiding Insurgents, Reports Suggest,” “The War Logs,” front [...]

Letters to Insight – San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Helping Afghan women
Barbara Lee is right. Women’s rights in Afghanistan are not being protected by the U.S. military occupation (“Rights advocates fear for women if U.S. withdraws,” July 22) because organizations that could benefit women are, for the most part, restricted [...]

San Francisco Chronicle – Letters to the editor
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Worse than warming
Words matter, and it is misleading of The Chronicle to frame “Climategate” as, simply, a “warming debate.” CO{-2} increase in the atmosphere results in multiple climate changes as temperature and air and water currents are affected, resulting in different [...]

Letters to the editor
San Francisco Chronicle – Friday, January 22, 2010

Let’s do it right
Given the long history of U.S. domination of Haiti and support of its corrupt dictators (described in detail by Dr. Paul Farmer in “The Uses of Haiti”) and its more recent direct involvement in the 2004 overthrow of its democratically elected [...]

Provide help where it’s wanted – San Francisco Chronicle 1/15/10
The United States should end its disastrous occupation of Afghanistan, which is only producing greater and greater resentment among the Afghan people, and turn to Haiti, where it would be welcomed as a partner in rebuilding the country into a sustainable economy.
Nothing could benefit our security [...]

New threat: atmosphere of corruption in Kabul
Tamim Ansary’s conclusion that U.S. aid has failed to reach the grass roots and instead is going into the pockets of foreign contractors is a sad truth (“Finding a way out of the quagmire,” Insight, Sept. 13), but reaching the grass roots is easier said than done as [...]

Thursday August 20, 2009

DOWNTOWN PLAN
Editors, Daily Planet:
The debate over Berkeley’s downtown plan might become more grounded in fact if the city were to follow the lead of cities like Havana, which has a three-dimensional scale model of the city, showing any proposed changes to citizens before any changes are made.  Such an important decision merits [...]

August 14, 2009
Letter
Time for Leadership
To the Editor:
Re “Senator Goes Face to Face With Dissent” (front page, Aug. 12):
If there ever was a time for leadership, now is the time for President Obama to make his case to the American people in clear and uncertain terms about what changes he believes are needed in our health [...]

Link to NYTimes.com article
Re “The Pitfalls of the Public Option” (Economic View, June 28), in which N. Gregory Mankiw favored a “lightly regulated” private insurance system over one where a public option is included:
Would the system he advocates include a requirement that private insurers accept all applicants? As long as private insurers are allowed to pick whom [...]