Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Fort Mackinac, on Mackinac Island. Click to enlarge.

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Next up: knife control.

To the Editor:

Re “Talking Cure: A Psychiatrist Tries to Heal Mets Fans” (letter, Nov. 3):

I am surprised that the good doctor doesn’t see the problem for what it truly is.

Perhaps it is because he lives in New York. But here in Illinois, home of the Chicago Cubs, we are very familiar with this phenomenon, this dark mood, and its true nature.

Forget reframing, forget trying to change your mood. New York is suffering from what I like to call “post-seasonal affective disorder.”

These are indeed dark days, but as the days again begin to lengthen, despair will wane and hope will flower again in New York, Chicago and throughout the land.

KEITH M. WILSON

Charleston, Ill.

The writer is a professor of psychology at Eastern Illinois University.

Here is the first BCS ranking. I'm looking forward to Saturday's game between LSU and Alabama.

Common sense prevails in the city of Houston and in the state of Ohio. Those who supported the Houston ordinance claim that opponents used misleading advertisements and slogans. This is precious. Does anyone remember "Marriage Equality," which may be the most misleading (and question-begging) slogan of all time? I'm waiting for the campaign to get dogs the right to vote. It'll be called "Voting Equality" and will be designed to sway low-information voters. To repeat: Justice requires that likes be treated alike and unlikes differently, in proportion to their differences. Saying that homosexual couples should be allowed to marry assumes, without argument, that homosexual and heterosexual couples are similarly situated with regard to marriage. Perhaps they are, but it needs to be argued, not assumed. The slogan "Marriage Equality" assumes it. Leftists are happy to use manipulative rhetoric when it serves their purposes, but are appalled when it is used by the other side. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Argus (1972).

Heh.