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LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.

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Imagine Will as a worker

There have been several letters to the editor lately chastising George Will for his column in which he seems to get his facts wrong (Register-Guard, Feb. 15).

Come on, give the guy a break.

Will is one of those who infest our political scene under the rather vague heading "pundit." As such, he is not especially obligated to facts; it is his task to display an attitude, emphasize a position, register charges or reinforce a bias rather than do something so dreary as attempt to discuss facts.

After all, if Will were more concerned with reality than with his familiar and comfortable opinions, he would not be an exalted columnist and would have to find something else to do - maybe get a job?

I have tried to picture George Will toiling away at something useful: driving a school bus, playing a violin, distributing peanuts on a flight to Atlanta, ironing a shirt, etc.

Alas, I cannot.

J. Frank Thibeau

Eugene

Real crimes go unpunished

"Liberalism is our problem. Liberalism is what's got us dangerously close to the precipice" - Rush Limbaugh.

At the Lane County commissioners' board of directors meeting in Florence on Feb. 17, Mayor Phil Brubaker and perennial state legislative candidate Al Pearn, backed by seated hard-case conservatives, blistered the commissioners' ears about the necessity of jails, prisons and beefed-up law enforcement. How ironic, our sorry state of economic affairs being the consequence of conservative tax policy, union busting,...