In the Sept. 24 East Oregonian, Mr. David Arlint wrote a personal attack intended to derail rational discourse, then he asked why the conversation was derailed. Funny! Fallacies are intentionally ...

Why do Hollywood and the movie industry continue to promote killing and violence? They have known for years that the youth are the movie-goers. A constant display of evil and murder serves no purpose ...

I was encouraged that Bruce Menzel’s letter to the editor, pushing back on the critics of Linda Harmon’s opinion piece about the Come to the Table group, refrained from using ad hominem attacks. That ...

It could have been interesting to read Joan Scott’s argument that academic boycotts actually support academic freedom. Instead, alas, she devoted much of her article to an ad hominem attack on Cary ...

Lately there have been a number of mean-spirited letters published by the Star. There is no need for "ad hominem" letters that attack individuals personally. Let's be civil to one another even if we ...

Having just recently begun reading John Guillory’s Professing Criticism, I have been following The Chronicle’s reviews of the book with great interest. Guillory’s work piqued my curiosity in part ...