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The Sentinel is a weekly African-American newspaper published Thursday in Los Angeles.

My guess is that Jim Healy's response to Journalist Bill's fine July 23 article would be: Awwww ... Blow it out!! BILL TIPPIT Los Angeles

For his own sake, please let Aloe Blacc know that not all black people eat collard greens and fatback ["Where It All Started," Nov. 16]. ROBERT J. WASHINGTON Los Angeles

Doesn't Gary Matthews Jr. know that nothing screams "I'm Guilty!" more than hiring Robert Shapiro as your lawyer? MOSHE MEIR Los Angeles

Re "Justice Dept. probing prosecutor hirings," May 3 Come on, Karl Rove, testify already. All you have to say is, "I don't recall." PHYLLIS LANDIS Los Angeles

Your ho-hum discourse shed no light on Gates the man, whose only sin is the political animalism that taints his better and analytical, academic judgment. TERRY KING Los Angeles

Thank you for the thorough, extensive and well-thought-out article on David Mamet ("Enter Scowling," by Richard Stayton, Aug. 23). It was landmark theater journalism. SANDRA SOLOV Los Angeles

Professional basketball games were cheaper when you were a kid for a simple reason: The owners and players weren't as greedy then. CARL G. HOKANSON Los Angeles