Andanh.com

Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm was right: We are "a nation of whiners."

With mid-July temperatures in the 80s this weekend, most people are more concerned with paying to fill the gas tank for summer vacation at the lake or the beach than about keeping their families from freezing next winter.

Criticism

NEW BEDFORD — Barry Tinkoff was among the first tenants when the landmark Regency Tower apartment building opened in 1987, and he might well be among the last if it converts from mixed-income rental to mixed-income ownership housing.

DARTMOUTH — When it comes to studying their mating habits, American eels have been as slippery as their reputation. No one knows how they get to their spawning grounds in the Sargasso Sea. No one knows what happens to them once they get there,...

Once again, Bob Murray, the Cape's tireless advocate for the homeless, will wear out his soles from Provincetown to Falmouth in the 16th annual "Housing With Love Walk.

The decision by the citizens of Wellfleet to reject solar panels for the town library ("Hard sell getting towns to go solar" — July 7) tells us quite a bit about the prohibitive cost of solar power production.

ABC "Nightline" recently had a special report on child slavery in Haiti. It is estimated that there are 300,000 children in slavery — many held against their will in Haiti, but quite possibly in our country as well.

My family and I enjoyed the Orleans Fourth of July parade immensely. However, as a mother of young children, I was very disturbed this year by the fact that Main Street was left open to vehicle traffic practically until the moment the parade started.

I think you should have a kid's page in your newspaper every day. I miss the activities because they are fun.

I hope that the chief executive officer of Cape Cod Healthcare Inc., Dr. Richard Salluzzo, would include nurses as well as doctors on the Medical Staff Leadership Group panels ("CEO: Doctor panels to 'run' Cape hospitals," July 11).

Two days after the Fourth of July, the "Viewpoints" section of the Sunday Cape Cod Times was chock-full of opinion articles about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Second Amendment.

As newspapers push further and further into the world of Web-based products, it is becoming increasingly apparent that rules that govern printed papers do not always apply to their online counterparts.