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Re: "McAllen's Medicare Model One that need s fixing nationwide. Dear Froma, I read with interest your article in regards to the exceptional spending ($15,000) per Medicare recipicant in McAllen, Texas. And, I immediately saw a potential statistical flaw with this argument. I am wondering if those statistics could be skewed, because approximatly 6 months of the year, "the Valley" is flooded with "Winter Texans". And, without a doubt, the majority of those Winter Texans are Senior Citizens who more than likely are utilizing doctors there during that stay. I know from personal experience from relatives and friends from Iowa, Minnesota, etc that they do use those services. So, I am wondering if you are utilizing the census data (which would not include the influx of Winter Texans) and office visits billed to Medicare to come up with your model? And, using the Mayo Clinic statistics is not a fair comparison, in my thinking. Thanks for thinking about this and maybe giving me feed back...if you have time? ValRae Lenius Canyon Lake, Texas

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Re: "McAllen's Medicare Model One that need s fixing nationwide. " Dear Froma, I read with interest your article in regards to the exceptional spending ($15,000) per Medicare recipicant in McAllen, Texas. And, I immediately saw a potential statistical flaw with this argument. I am wondering if those statistics could be skewed, because approximatly 6 months of the year, "the Valley" is flooded with "Winter Texans". And, without a doubt, the majority of those Winter Texans are Senior Citizens who more than likely are utilizing doctors there during that stay. I know from personal experience from relatives and friends from Iowa, Minnesota, etc that they do use those services. So, I am wondering if you are utilizing the census data (which would not include the influx of Winter Texans) and office visits billed to Medicare to come up with your model? And, using the Mayo Clinic statistics is not a fair comparison, in my thinking. Thanks for thinking about this and maybe giving me feed back...if you have time? ValRae Lenius Canyon Lake, Texas

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Couldn't agree more: Sotomayor — A Pain the Butt and a Real New Yorker http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/01/stiletto_sotomayor_obama/

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I believe I can speak for most people who don't live in the east coast when I say that Judge Sotomayor is largely identified as a New Yorker. So in a small way, even for us Latinas, she is not one of us with our deep indigenous roots in the Southwest and Mexico. But, of course to a certain degree Latinos do identify with her and to us it appears that her critics are indignant over her audacity of being proud to be a Latina! They probably lived relatively normal lives and didn't have to struggle and sacrifice and therefore don't fully understand and appreciate different people or feel their pain and suffering. Because of their lack of empathy, they should be only looking at her education and experience on the bench and not be ignorantly stereotyping her gender and race. But I must say, her being a double minority should add a fresh perspective and more insightfulness (wisdom) to the U.S. Supreme Court. It's only natural that our challenging experiences affect our lives and decisions and shape our uniqueness. Even though I find her somewhat conservative, I will be happy to finally see a brown face on this high court! President Obama did promise us diversity (and fairness), didn't he?

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Re: Anita Quintanilla Typical response from someone to whom ethnicity means more than adherence to the Constitution and the oath of office for Supreme Court Justices. Sotomayor is a racist and will be a disaster for years to come. May God Help Us.

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I logged on seeking Froma Harrop's email address, but I guess I will have to make my comments to her here. We are supposed to think being a New Yorker is something special? By that I mean resident of NYC. NYC has given us the likes of Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton. Pathological liars. The Cuomos are another example of the liberal leftist votes of city dwellers. Those of us in other states who value what our Founders sought to give us and who believe in the Constitution and the rule of law wish those people would wake up and see the consequences of their votes.. Socialism .. Communisn High Taxes... loss of freedoms. So wake up Froma and stop drinking the Obama koolaid.

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Your editorial on Sotomayor being a New Yorker has nothing to do with her ability to be a Supreme Court justice. Her previous rulings such as the City of New Haven case which was clearly discrimination against the white fire fighters along with the one Hispanic are more telling in connection with her abilities. Obama nominated her because he thinks she is above objection. Frankly, I find her talking about her Latina soul giving her better judgment than a white man is extremely offensive. Again, it is very discriminatory. It is racist and just a tip of the iceberg of her crazy thinking. She will probably get confirmed because people will be afraid to speak against her. There are many far more qualified people who should be nominated and who will not be judge activists. We want the constitution upheld and justice to be blind. We already know we are in trouble with the Supreme Court as they are allowing the Administration to rob the Chrysler bondholders in favor of the autoworkers union who are not secured at all. This is totally illegal and totally wrong. It is a shame our Country is falling apart. It is too bad the media is not doing their job with this nomination or the President. This too shall change. I was going to let this absurd article go but I could not do it. I grew up in WV in less than stellar circumstances. Everyone has a story. Sotomayor's story is no worse or better than anyone else. Her leftist leanings should disqualify her along with her record of 3 probably soon to be four overturns of her rulings by the Supreme Court. How sad our Country has come to this.

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So what if Soto is female, puerto rican and had a somewhat less than ideal childhood?????? What has any of that got to do with her being qualified to be supreme court judge? Her past decisions should be the basis of her confirmation. Let her explain how she reached her absurd New Haven decision. And why precisely do we have Columbus Day? He never reached what is now the US?????

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So what if Soto is female, puerto rican and had a somewhat less than ideal childhood?????? What has any of that got to do with her being qualified to be supreme court judge? Her past decisions should be the basis of her confirmation. Let her explain how she reached her absurd New Haven decision. And why precisely do we have Columbus Day? He never reached what is now the US?????