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June 26-July 2, 2003
mailbag
He admitted his guilt, tried to right the wrong by helping the prosecution, served a long prison term and upon his release, worked until he died.
Aaron Finestone
Philadelphia
I really enjoyed reading about Harry Gold. The article was informative, entertaining and most importantly, educational. Good or bad, stories on our great city are very important. I hope to read more of these types of articles.
George Holmes
Philadelphia
It was bad enough that we had to tolerate Joey Sweeney's self-appreciative rantings every week in the Weekly, but now he is worming his way into our dear City Paper as well? I can't believe he had the nerve and ego to blast the Weekly in your pages after they gave that pitiful writer his own column and numerous front-page stories -- not to mention the abundance of free publicity his band got thanks to them. City Paper, don't fall for him! We are over Sweeney, and the trouble is, he keeps coming back!
Serena Thaw
Clementon, N.J.
Thanks to City Paper for bringing to light concerns about an anti-Semitic incident at the city's Department of Human Services building [Pretzel Logic, "Flying the Flag of Controversy," Howard Altman, June 19, 2003]. It is essential for such issues to be brought to the public's attention because such exposure serves to discourage this kind of conduct in the future.
As a complainant quoted in Howard Altman's article, I wouldn't praise publication of the article as an example of courage and integrity because this is what a credible newspaper does as a matter of course.
Unfortunately, I happen to have learned that other media outlets had become aware of the situation and, until last Thursday [June 19], refused to touch the story. They include The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Jewish Exponent. I would condemn them for utter lack of courage and integrity, especially considering that the Exponent in particular has a journalistic duty to alert the local Jewish community of such outrages.
Bruce Ticker
Philadelphia
I strongly disagree with Mr. Shengold's comments [Artspicks, "Mezzo at the Mann," David Shengold, June 19, 2003] that Ms. Graves has somehow become the "acceptable face of opera" and is overexposed as an artist, as if she's been anointed by the opera establishment. I'll admit I'm a bit biased -- last night at the Mann was the 10th time my wife and I have gone out of our way to see Denyce perform, from recitals in Utica and Wilmington to the OCP to the Met for two amazing performances each of Carmen and Samson et Delila, as well as minor roles (that became major with her presence) in Luisa Miller and The Rake's Progress.
If you want to talk overexposure, there are plenty of other singers we can discuss -- a certain Romanian and her French husband, an Italian with poor eyesight, etc.
Michael A. Ginsberg
Philadelphia
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