Readers write: Reporting of protests, parental authority, new Austen insight, essay admiration
Reporting of protests
The Monitor did a very good job with the Aug. 19 article 鈥淭he message from a day of protests in Boston鈥� (CSMonitor.com). Your story brought out the best in many attendees but still showed that much more needs to be present in our minds to protect individual liberties, to foster thoughtful discussion, and to enable love to become the focus. This will support our government and its representatives in order to guarantee that we continue to have one of the best balanced, equalized, and evolving government systems of peace and progress in the world.
Jack Coleman
Dixon, Ill.
Parental authority
Regarding the Aug. 14 cover story, 鈥淐an you please talk, not text?鈥�: The solution to the texting issue lies with the adult 鈥� simply do not give your child a phone. Parental authority remains up to the parent.
Kathy Davis
Cary, N.C.
New Austen insight
Regarding the July 17 book review 鈥� 鈥楯ane Austen at Home鈥� considers where and how Austen lived and why it matters鈥� (CSMonitor.com): I gained information about Austen even though I鈥檓 an avid reader of her work and books about her. I enjoyed the perspective about modern women鈥檚 issues, which were acknowledged as very similar to Georgian women鈥檚 place in society.
R.F. Levine
Meadville, Pa.
Essay admiration
Photographer Melanie Stetson Freeman has been one of my favorites for years. Seeing her name on the July 31 Home Forum essay, 鈥淲hat I saw, and what she knows,鈥� confirmed my admiration and made it run even deeper. Thank you, Melanie, for who you are and what you鈥檙e doing.
Carolyn A. Hill
Portland, Ore.
