Letters to the Editor

How big?

It’s welcome news that the Institute of Medicine has given fish a clean bill of health (“Seafood’s benefits outweigh risks,” Nation, Wednesday). Most level-headed people have always known fish is a health food, but that hasn’t stopped a host of environmental groups from spinning tales about “toxic” tuna and mercury-endangered pregnancies.

Giving “brain food” the skull-and-crossbones treatment was one of the most irresponsible things the environmental movement has ever done.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Environmental Working Group and Oceana owe the American public a swordfish-sized apology.

David Martosko

Director of research

Center for Consumer Freedom

Washington

Stay-at-home voters

The combination of story headlines on Page 1 on Thursday was fascinating: “Democrats would reverse Bush’s work” and “Conservative voters likely to stay home.” What does this say about the electorate and about the Republican Party?

It says that despite the view of the political elites, the electorate is intelligent. Yes, the Republican Party has done some worthy things, particularly the tax cuts and supporting aggressive pursuit of terrorists. But a Republican-dominated government has also presided over the fastest growth in government spending in our history as well as largest entitlement increase (the Medicare prescription drug benefit).

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