Your column last week was fabulous [Unchecked, unbalanced, un-supreme, Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, June 18]. I was recently involved in a dispute with a neighbor who said, “Well the pendulum swings back and forth, left and right.” This pendulum metaphor is one of my pet peeves. In my life I have seen swings from right to middle, then farther right, back toward the middle, but never ever progressive.
And now we are living in a fascist Middle Ages, with half the country cheerfully burning witches and believing the Earth is flat. Your analysis of the Supreme Court proves my point.
And your conclusion about Al Gore conceding the presidency to G.W. Bush despite Gore having, in fact, won, is right on: Democrats really need to stop being such good sports about all of this!
Tom DeCoursey
Oak Park