Editor,
I felt compelled to voice a response to the letter by Becky Donofrio ("World not 'Happy-White-Man-Place,'" Nov. 10). Like Becky, I could also wonder "what would happen if the world could turn into the 'White-Man-Happy-Place' ." But I don't. Instead, I go about blazing my trail through the jungle of real life, always keeping in mind that challenges are what make life interesting.
I think it is you, not John Keisling ("Liberals lose on 'Reality Check,'" Nov. 8), who is stuck in the "Happy Place" idealism. Economics dictates that we share a world of scarcity with those "pesky wild animals that just won't settle down and stay happy in confinement." I am not advocating that we kill them. But the alternatives offered by liberals to make decisions involving scarcity never cease to be ineffective, shallow and intrusive of our rights. Take a couple of economics classes and call me in the morning.
Last but not least, I, as a Mexican woman, resent your implication that under a free-enterprise system, I would "stay at home [with my] multiple talents in the workplace unexpressed." I am confident that there are other women who have the decisiveness, perseverance, and gumption to contribute to the lives of people and make a profit at it.
Please don't underestimate or patronize strong women, but rather, learn about some "numbers and computers in math" yourself and maybe once you have a taste of some real science, you can better understand the economics of freedom.
Jackie Casey
Economics Graduate Student