Letters

Driving a GM EV-1 compared to other cars is like flying a Boeing 737 in the days when DC-3s were popular. (By the way, I really enjoy driving my EV-1 almost as much as flying my favorite airplane . . . the Boeing 737.) And I can easily drive from Santa Monica to Carpinteria without charging my EV-1.

Drive to Las Vegas? That’s what the 737 is for!

—Captain Jeff Church San Dimas

KEEP TIME

DEAR EDITOR:

In her OffBeat article “Immaculate Contraception” [March 2–8], Sandra Hernandez rightly ridicules Roman Catholic Church officials thinking about dispensing the birth-control pill to nuns. Nonetheless, she is wrong about Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical, being the “genesis of the notoriously ineffective ‘rhythm method.’” The useless rhythm method predates Pope Paul VI.

—Juan Gutierrez Westchester

DEAR EDITOR:

Sandra Hernandez ought to be ashamed of herself — not for bashing the church because one of its members suggested the pill for nuns who might be raped, but for calling what’s happening in Colombia a “civil war.” That’s like calling Timothy McVeigh a freedom fighter and the Oklahoma City bombing the first battle in a glorious revolution. The FARC are, despite their leftist posturing, terrorists and mercenaries who grew in power by first defending and then becoming wealthy drug dealers.

—Dan Griggs Redondo Beach

BEND A LITTLE

DEAR EDITOR:

I’m writing in reference to “All-in-One Redux” by Gendy Alimurung [Restaurant Guide, February 9–15]. Ms. Alimurung did a good write-up of a restaurant I’d like to check out in Westwood, but included absolutely no information on how to find this place. I can’t find it in the Yellow Pages or online either. Can you please send me the address and phone number for Dr. J’s Healthy & Tasty? You may want to print it too so others can find this place. Thank you.

—Ryan Kinsella Northridge

THE EDITOR REPLIES:

Sorry for the inconvenience. We decided, in the context of an article primarily about familiar fast-food chains (Koo Koo Roo, Jack in the Box, etc.), to omit addresses. Unfortunately, the one-of-a-kind restaurant in the article (Dr. J.’s, at 1303 Westwood Blvd., Westwood; 310-477-2721) may have been ill-served by our passion for consistency.