The well-earned opprobrium of this area helped lead to slots' being outlawed in 1968.
And there will be more than a little irony in the governor's new title, because the promised benefits of slots this time around will prove to be just as ephemeral and fleeting as stardust.
John Bailey, Edgemere
Give more children access to medicines
It's a shame that so many young Americans are struggling with obesity ("Many more children on medication, study says," Nov. 3).
But the fact that kids today have access to a range of prescription medications is a good thing. When I was a boy, the only remedy for the medical conditions associated with excessive weight was diet and exercise.
To increase access to these cutting-edge medicines, we must expand access to health insurance coverage.
That's why the new Obama administration should make it a priority to enroll qualifying children in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study, 75 percent of children without health insurance are eligible for these programs.
Peter Pitts, New York
The writer is president of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest.
A new day dawns in election's wake
It feels like morning in America - hallelujah ("It's Obama," Nov. 5).
Brilliant dawn arrives; our better angels are speaking.
All is possible.
Molly Mitchell, Baltimore
