Aftershocks. (Letters).Oh, dear. For years I have been urging The Washington Monthly to look farther than the Mississippi River Mississippi River River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. for some of your material. Then when you do, to my chagrin, it is to print that regrettable memo about our [Washington state] Senate dining room, which has been closed to repair earthquake damage ("Memo of the Month," June). Lest you think we are a bunch of selfish self·ish adj. 1. Concerned chiefly or only with oneself: "Selfish men were . . . trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of human rights" Maria Weston Chapman. idiots out here, most of the signers did not read the memo first and immediately regretted not doing so. Even the perpetrator A term commonly used by law enforcement officers to designate a person who actually commits a crime. decided it had been a bad idea. Everyone else in the state was, as you can imagine, outraged. The whole hoo-ha lasted about five minutes. (Would that all results of leaders not reading what they sign be so inconsequential in·con·se·quen·tial adj. 1. Lacking importance. 2. Not following from premises or evidence; illogical. n. A triviality. .) ANN BJORK via email |
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