Frances Gast does not speak for me ("Most women agree with Palin," Readers respond, Sept. 28). How she can presume that most women are conservative is beyond the pale.

I don't know when the word "liberal" became anathema, but "liberal" can also imply "expansive."

I enjoy Susan Reimer's column. She consistently produces thought provoking and entertaining work. There aren't enough women candidates out there with the intellectual gravitas of Hillary Clinton. I wish there were more women candidates period, but the climate in this country still has a distinct misogynist slant. The USA is quite provincial in that regard, despite its protestations to the contrary.

We need more women in politics, even the Sarah Palins. But I wouldn't vote for her. What have conservatives done for women? Not a whole heck of a lot.

Sheila Myers, Severn