May 2007 | Letters to the Editor

Europe Leads the Way

Dear Editor
I was very pleased and heartened to read the article in your March issue on insurance coverage for the preventive and treatment benefits of alternative or holistic medicine. I’ve lived in England for the last 30 years and Europeans are much more accepting of these treatments to the extent that the whole field of homeopathy, acupuncture, osteopathy, herbalism, aromatherapy et... all are now known only as complementary medicine in that they complement and are used alongside orthodox medicine. How much better would it be for the collective consciousness if the ‘alternative’ term was dropped altogether and the much more acceptable ‘complementary’ medicine term used exclusively?
—Carol Cooper, Olympia



Just the Right Questions

I greatly appreciated Ritzy Ryciak’s interview with Bill McKibben in your April issue, which I read online. Ritzy asked just the right questions to elicit some of the most powerful comments I’ve read from McKibben.
—Mark Musick, Internet



Non-breeders Unite!

Hello,
I have never written to a magazine in my 9-year career in magazine publishing but I just had to write to say thank you for publishing the article “An Apology For Not Breeding.”
I am also 38 as is my husband and we don’t want kids. Every time we say it to anyone we get this awful eye of shame upon us. It was so refreshing to read that someone else in the universe is happy without children. I have 10 nieces and nephews and I love them so much I can hardly bear it. However, I have no desire to be a parent and in this day and age, THAT’S OK!

Thanks for printing that article!
—Kelly Mikler, Internet



Note on our last issue: In our April “Green Festival” issue we were deeply honored to have Van Jones write our cover story, which he originally titled “Beyond Eco-Apartheid.” For various reasons, we made a decision to drop the word “beyond” from the title in the final version, but now acknowledge that was a mistake. Van has expressed to us that by dropping the word “beyond” we did not honor the hopeful spirit or intention of the piece, which was meant as an invitation, not an accusation. We agree. Online versions will now reflect this original title.
 —Charles Shaw

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