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Readers Write: Kids don't need fancy toys; Voters need ID
Letters to the Editor from the weekly print issue of February 13, 2012: In response to the cover story 'Time to play,' one reader emphasizes the importance of children having unstructured time for creative play (especially in nature), not overstimulated by fancy toys. Another reader takes issue with the concern that requiring voters to have ID will deter minority and young voters.Top Letters to the Editor (View all Letters to the Editor)
- Readers Write: Keep criminals off streets; get US out of Afghanistan; let kids play
- Readers Write: Homeownership isn't all bad – or good; EU is a model for peace
- Readers Write: Gingrich isn't the only indecent politician
- Readers Write: Avoid US caveman response on Iran; the truth on teen pregnancy
- Readers Write: Tebow should kneel off the field; prophets of hope, not doom
- Readers Write: EPA may not be killing jobs, but it's letting honeybees die
- Readers Write: Republicans can win Hispanic vote; divorcing my bank
- Readers Write: Drone attacks, 'Voice of America,' and presidential leadership
- Readers Write: Herman Cain, Rick Perry tax plans fall 'flat'; Europe soul searches
- Readers Write: US in wrong conversation on taxes; loopholes widen income gap
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Readers Write: Grover Norquist is an extremist; federal spending is the problem (not the answer)
Letters to the Editor for the weekly issue of November 21, 2011: Readers respond to the cover story "Tussle over taxes." One says American antitax advocate Grover Norquist's extemist views don't merit coverage. Another says federal spending isn't the answer and proposes a new tax plan.
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Readers Write: US can't be mideast broker, Can't blame economy on overpaid labor
Letters to the Editor for the weekly issue of November 14, 2011: One reader takes issue with an OpEd that argues US jobless benefits shouldn't be extended. Another explains why the US has shown it can never be an honest broker in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of November 7, 2011
Readers respond to the Monitor's recent cover story on "taking back girlhood."
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of October 31, 2011
Readers write in with ideas on job creation.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of October 24, 2011
Readers write in with their take on the obstacles to US job creation.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of October 17, 2011
Readers write in with context for a Monitor story on Wisconsin teachers retiring en masse, a suggestion for political commentary, and a protest against the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of October 10, 2011
Readers write in to debate the individual mandate in the new health-care law and share thanks for 'gifted and talented' programs in schools.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of October 3, 2011
Readers write in with responses to the Monitor's recent cover-story profile of pro-life advocate Charmaine Yoest.
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