Like Mr. Smith, I presume that this is a conscious effort by The Sun to curry favor with its dwindling list of moderate and conservative subscribers. Nevertheless, I applaud The Sun for attempting to provide a broader scope of opinion on its pages.
The writer of the letter "Diversity of views not new to Sun" (Aug. 16) argued that Mr. Smith "will continue to provide insight into the thought process of what people who are not really thinking are thinking."
That's very clever. But it is precisely this type of pseudo-intellectualism and arrogant condescension that provokes such outrage against liberalism from conservatives like me.
Thomas M. Neale, Baltimore
Shares nostalgia for days of Hecht's
I agree with the plea in Ellen Marshall's column "Still longing for Hecht's as Boscov's bows out" (Aug. 15). Her plea was: "Bring back my Hecht's."
As a young black woman working downtown on Redwood Street, I was privileged to shop at the Hecht's store at Fayette and Howard streets after it was desegregated.
My lasting memory is of purchasing a designer party dress at that upscale, elite store.
The dress was lovingly folded in tissue paper and placed in an elongated black box tied with a white silk ribbon.
I loved Hecht's and do miss it.
I visited Boscov's once and that was enough for me. I purchased nothing.
Grace Y. Jones, Baltimore
