I do not know if your reporting style is a result of a bias against the establishment or regular newspaper reporting styles are a result of a bias for the establishment but I like the difference.

Thank you so much for your sponsorship, support and patronage of the Carolina Blues Festival. And huge thanks for suggesting Richard Johnston. He was the hit of the party. I have never seen a longer line at the meet the artist table ever than when Richard was there.

With so many problems being caused by economics, I am dumbfounded that our public schools seem to be teaching everything but economics.

In response to your April 13 article Upside down: Foreclosures cut a wide path of destruction across the Piedmont Triad [by Jordan Green; April 13, 2011]: Greensboro Housing Coalition, or GHC, offers foreclosure prevention counseling and warns about scams and federal funding cuts.

Firstly, I would doubt that the hundreds of people who are healed each year at the Derrick L. Davis Cancer Center would refer to it as a place of suffering. This was my first visit to the center, and I was surprised by how bright and beautiful it was.

Great job on your recent Upside Down article [April 13, 2011; by Jordan Green]. It is amazing how little has been written about how these foreclosures and distressed real estates sales have effected people in the region..

There, barely seen in the swirling mist, is the Lady Liberty. She stands proud, her green arm resolutely holding the flame of freedom.

I am writing as a resident of Guilford County North Carolina who would like to see a change in the make up of our state senators who represent Guilford County in the North Carolina Senate. Right now our county is divided by four senate seats: District 26, Sen.

You are right: Employment, education and budget issues may be more important but in response to your editorial[Drink drink, bang bang; April 6. 2011], if the bill passes you will be able to go into a restaurant with a handgun but still will NOT be able to drink any alcohol while in possession of a concealed weapon.

There have been many promotions within the Greensboro Police Department, which are questionable at best. If the police chief cannot promote police officers based on their merits, their ability to do the job and their hard work and abilities to do the job, perhaps it is time to repost the police chief position.

Greensboro City Councilman Danny Thompson truly believes the citizens of Greensboro should not give our hard-earned monies to the panhandlers. But he, the city and the rest of the city council are the biggest panhandlers of them all.

Just to correct a minor annoyance at this time every year. For all the non-Irish and possibly non-Catholics who celebrate the annual St Patricks Day and all the tavern owners as well, if you must abbreviate the day, it is St. Paddy, with Ds, not St. Patty, with Ts! Paddy is short for Patrick, because Patrick in Irish is Padhraig.

Mr. Longworth I appreciate your concerns for animals [Vicks transformation is a sham; Feb. 23, 2011; by Jim Longworth], however I would be more impressed if you had concern and passion for the approximately 3,500 human babies who are executed in the womb every working day in this country.

In an ordinance of HUD we went around trying to collect two pages worth of data from as many homeless people that would comply. One result that came back was my dismay and frustration with how many replied, If it doesnt help me directly I don want to take it.

Adams Farm girl, [by Jordan Green; Feb. 16, 2011] with a picture of an African-American man displayed prominently at the bottom of the page, in the middle of the article.

Im a bit late e-mailing you about this, but weve been a little hectic the last couple of weeks. We just wanted to thank you so much for hiring Lenise Willis as your new drama columnist. She attended our 2011-2012 Season Announcement at the beginning of February and was able to finally meet Preston Lane in person.

I have always been a huge fan of your paper but I would like to express my concerns about your recent issue in which you are featuring Paula Deen [A buttery Southern belle goes blue for the casino crowd; Feb. 2, 2011; by Brian Clarey]. She has recently come under a lot of fire for her endorsement of Smithfield Foods.

Hey Ryan, Not only did I get a chuckle out of reading your thoughts on Hinder [2011 concert preview; Jan. 5, 2011; by Ryan Snyder], as someone who had never heard of them, it made me interested enough to go see what would cause someone to have that type of reac- tion to a band.

The Democrats are passing all of these bills before they have to give up power in January. Have they thought about who is going to have to foot the bill for all of this spending? I doubt very seriously if they even care, considering their objective...

The prospects for progress is misleading based on a cursory reading of political prose, especially that of those who see themselves as concerned citizens. Of these, most merely seize the party perspective without enhancing (or adequately questioning), whether liberal or conservative.