Retire Pilgrim <p>Editors, Vineyard Gazette:</p> <p>With the Pilgrim nuclear power plant now operating on an extended license and three of the same vintage and design General Electric reactors at Fukushima still dangerously out of control, I think it is worthwhile reviewing just what the federal government’s rationale for spawning the commercial nuclear power industry was in the first place.</p>
Our family has enjoyed watching the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks play baseball for years. Our son, who is nine years old, particularly enjoys the games that the team organizes for children between innings. I watched our son hop in the sack race on Thursday, June 27, when the Sharks announcer proclaimed that one child “ran like an old Jewish man.” Such an ugly attempt at humor is particularly discomfiting at what purports to be a family-oriented event. Such announcing is not conducive to building a broad and inclusive fan base.
Jonathan Macey
Aquinnah
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