To the editor -- Re: Dewey Mee's April 27 critique of the Warehouse Theatre play "Bookbound." It is fine that Mr. Mee believes the play "as a theater piece, it is less than stimulating." He is, of course, welcome to his opinion.
On the other hand, I wish to applaud very highly the work of all those involved with the play. It was indeed quite humorous at times, but it was also a serious play that analyzed the great importance of books.
Yes, I am a reader and I did find much to admire in the play. Mr. Mee admits that he does not love to read books and that he "seldom reads fiction." In fact, I counted eight of the books that were mentioned in the play as nonfiction. Some were biographies such as "Einstein: His Life and Universe" or histories such as Churchill's "History of the English-Speaking Peoples." In other words, book lovers do not love fiction only. Rather they love stimulating thoughts and good writing whether it is fiction or nonfiction. Such love was well-depicted in the play.
Bravo, "Bookbound"!
ERIC AABERG
Yakima
Welcome home, Manuh
To the editor -- I am so hurt to see that people are still finding it necessary to write letters to the editor about Manuh Santos and his unfortunate events at the Mexican border. This man did the most honorable thing he could do in his situation. Instead of continuing hiding, like he had been for so many years, working illegally (and still paying taxes, mind you), he applied for his visa so that he and his wife and future family can have the security they have earned in this country.
He came to the United States with nothing, speaking no English. But he learned. He got his high school diploma. He went to college. He got a job -- many jobs. He married. He has touched so many lives, including my own. I had the honor of running on his track and cross country teams in high school and the amount of will and determination he possesses is insurmountable. This man deserves nothing but our respect. Welcome home, Manuh.
MEREDITH CRANE
Yakima
Climate change questions
To the editor -- The Australian (http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23411799-7583,00.html) of March 22 quotes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which notes the climate has apparently plateaued during the last eight years. NASA's Aqua satellite launched in 2002 is showing a cooling trend. The meteorological community has acknowledged the climate models used in forecasting the weather are not working as expected. The April 18 Wall Street Journal opinion section has a column by Patrick Michael, professor of environmental science at University of Virginia, that also refers to orbiting satellites and has the same opinions.
Other items of interest: We are 5 degrees below the temperatures of 1,000 years ago when Greenland was settled by the Vikings (they left after 400 years when the mini ice age started). Viking villages are being exposed by retreating glaciers in Greenland.
We can make oil from shale and coal (Shell Oil feature in Fortune) for $40 per barrel. Our balance of payments problem would change by 30 percent. With humans providing only 4 percent of carbon dioxide, we are having very little effect on the weather.
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