Ann Coulter

APPARENTLY, Christine M. Flowers likes what she sees in Ann Coulter so much that she has decided to step into Ann's limelight with her ridiculous column from June 23, "The Burden of Being Morally Superior. " In what can only be described as more of the ever-increasingly shrill, unhinged and delusional rhetoric of the right wing, she denounces any public outrage over military actions that have been committed as part of the so-called "War on Terror. " She ignores facts and instead indicts those who support the military by raising their voice in outrage over atrocities committed by a few. She defends the torture, killings, massacres and beheadings when she belittles the charges against those who allegedly committed these crimes in our name.

ANN COULTER speaks only for Ann Coulter and maybe a fringe element when she wrote, with regard to certain 9/11 widows, that she's "never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much. " Her word choice is appalling, irrational, and indefensible. By now you've heard that in her new book, in a chapter titled "Liberals' Doctrine of Infallibility: Sobbing Hysterical Women," Coulter argues that certain Democratic messengers get a free ride because of their tragic backgrounds.

It's embarrassing that two New Jersey Democrats, Assemblywoman Joan Quigley of Jersey City and Assemblywoman Linda Stender of Scotch Plains, are calling on bookstores in the state not to sell Ann Coulter's new book. One wonders whether Quigley and Stender have heard of Amazon.com or are aware that Coulter's book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, is on its way to becoming a best-seller just like her previous diatribes against liberalism? Coulter may be motivated by "her desire to sell books," as our astute assemblywomen surmised, but she is hardly the personification of evil.

When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty. We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise they will turn out to be outright traitors. - Ann Coulter, commentator, during a panel disscussion before the Conservative Political Action Conference, Arlington, Va., Feb. 2

IAM ON the same page with Ann Coulter and most of her opinions. And I don't give a hoot who may be "offended. " We wouldn't be in this mess today if not for the bleeding hearts and "political correctness. " And the ACLU, forget it. They're killing us, literally. What good are they to the well-being and national security of our United States? Which way is up? John O'Mara Jr. Philadelphia

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter's criticism of the 9/11 widows known as the "Jersey Girls" raises these questions: Should family members of the 2001 terrorist attack victims speak out on public policy issues? Is it unseemly to ever criticize the 9/11 families for expressing their views? Give us your thoughts, in 200 words or less by July 7. Send e-mail to sjletters@phillynews.com (put "Jersey Girls" in the subject line). Fax responses to 856-779-3221, or mail South Jersey Commentary Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 53 Haddonfield Rd., Suite 300, Cherry Hill, N.J. 08002.

Community Voices asked readers for their reactions to a June 21 Commentary piece by Alan Caruba that said political commentator Ann Coulter was right to criticize the "Jersey Girls" - 9/11 widows from New Jersey - for their political activism against the Bush administration. Should relatives of the 2001 terrorist attack victims speak out on public policy? Is it unseemly to ever criticize the 9/11 families for expressing their views? Here are some responses: Eileen Monetti Cherry Hill In October 2001, my husband, Bob, and I first met a grieving group of devastated people in Princeton.

To T. Milton Street: Please stop. Don't ever run for public office anywhere again. You're not just embarrassing yourself - though you've done that quite thoroughly. You're embarrassing this city, and potentially distorting what is a truly vital set of City Council elections. To Ann Coulter: Please be quiet. Don't share your rude, mean and meaningless opinions with us in print, on the airwaves, or in speeches. For how long? Preferably forever, but at least through the 2008 election.

Brainless The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter By Joe Maguire William Morrow. 204 pp. $21.95 Soulless Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate By Susan Estrich Regan Books. 255 pp. $24.95 I Hate Ann Coulter! By Unanimous Simon Spotlight Entertainment. 116 pp. $9.95 Call it Endless, a regular hatefest. As we speak, formerly electable Republicans are sizing up their smaller offices, studying Donkey-ese to communicate with new congressional bosses, seeking therapy.

ONCE AGAIN, THE loathsome Ann Coulter has emerged to throw grenades of bile at anyone who might disagree with her. And once again, the mainstream media has done all they can to lend a hand. As you've no doubt heard, Coulter's new book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," contains her usual mixture of deception, distortion, and invective. Although the book is filled with vicious attacks on her political opponents, the one that has garnered the most attention is this statement about a group of Sept.

ONE OF THE PROUDEST moments in my Daily News career came in the form of simple thank-you notes. It had been announced that I was leaving the paper, called by the siren song of Newark, N.J. The notes were from people in the pro-life movement, activists we had met with frequently as an editorial board and who had written many an oped opinion column challenging our editorial position, which was far from the one they would have preferred. In fact, they believed it to be morally wrong.

Thank you, "JihadJane," for making a point about racial profiling that I've been trying to make for years: You can't judge a potential terrorist by his complexion - or, in this case, her complexion. For years, we have been hearing pundits and politicians argue for profiling Arabs and Muslims, as if ramping up our prejudices were all we need do to protect ourselves from bombers and hijackers. Indeed, prejudices are convenient. On some level, we are all like George Clooney's frequent flier in Up in the Air. Accused by a young aide of being "racist" because he thinks an airport security line will move more efficiently if it has Asian businessmen in it, he responds, "I stereotype.

I already know what's going to happen after I write this column. Someone is going to say: "Why did you waste space condemning the latest drivel from the mouth of Ann Coulter? Don't you know she only says these outrageous things to promote her books?" Why reward her with attention? Ann Coulter plays the news media like Louis Armstrong once played his cornet. She is a virtuoso of stage-managed controversy. So there's something to be said for refusing to play along, for ignoring her in the hope that she will just go away.

I THINK I got muzzled while appearing on "The View. " Ironically, I was on to talk about the need for less censorship and more-free conversation on matters of public interest. Two years ago, I wrote a book called "Muzzled," in which I argued that political correctness is so pervasive in the United States that it threatens our ability to win the war on terror. The book briefly made the New York Times best-seller list, and its recent paperback release accounted for my invitation for a discussion with Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Kim Coles (in Rosie's old seat)

Care for environment Thanks to the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia for putting important issues at the forefront of the mayoral campaign ("Poll finds city voters uneasy," March 4). The Next Great City coalition has been advocating for common-sense, cost-effective solutions to some of the issues identified in this and other polls. The poll confirms that Philadelphians care about a healthy environment, including clean air and water and open space, and that they are dissatisfied with current conditions.

To T. Milton Street: Please stop. Don't ever run for public office anywhere again. You're not just embarrassing yourself - though you've done that quite thoroughly. You're embarrassing this city, and potentially distorting what is a truly vital set of City Council elections. To Ann Coulter: Please be quiet. Don't share your rude, mean and meaningless opinions with us in print, on the airwaves, or in speeches. For how long? Preferably forever, but at least through the 2008 election.

Brainless The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter By Joe Maguire William Morrow. 204 pp. $21.95 Soulless Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate By Susan Estrich Regan Books. 255 pp. $24.95 I Hate Ann Coulter! By Unanimous Simon Spotlight Entertainment. 116 pp. $9.95 Call it Endless, a regular hatefest. As we speak, formerly electable Republicans are sizing up their smaller offices, studying Donkey-ese to communicate with new congressional bosses, seeking therapy.

Community Voices asked readers for their reactions to a June 21 Commentary piece by Alan Caruba that said political commentator Ann Coulter was right to criticize the "Jersey Girls" - 9/11 widows from New Jersey - for their political activism against the Bush administration. Should relatives of the 2001 terrorist attack victims speak out on public policy? Is it unseemly to ever criticize the 9/11 families for expressing their views? Here are some responses: Eileen Monetti Cherry Hill In October 2001, my husband, Bob, and I first met a grieving group of devastated people in Princeton.

APPARENTLY, Christine M. Flowers likes what she sees in Ann Coulter so much that she has decided to step into Ann's limelight with her ridiculous column from June 23, "The Burden of Being Morally Superior. " In what can only be described as more of the ever-increasingly shrill, unhinged and delusional rhetoric of the right wing, she denounces any public outrage over military actions that have been committed as part of the so-called "War on Terror. " She ignores facts and instead indicts those who support the military by raising their voice in outrage over atrocities committed by a few. She defends the torture, killings, massacres and beheadings when she belittles the charges against those who allegedly committed these crimes in our name.

ONCE AGAIN, THE loathsome Ann Coulter has emerged to throw grenades of bile at anyone who might disagree with her. And once again, the mainstream media has done all they can to lend a hand. As you've no doubt heard, Coulter's new book, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," contains her usual mixture of deception, distortion, and invective. Although the book is filled with vicious attacks on her political opponents, the one that has garnered the most attention is this statement about a group of Sept.