Readers Write: How to stop illegal immigration; 'Sequester' is hurting criminal justice
Letters to the Editor for the April 22 & 29, 2013 weekly print issue: It's fair to say that if there were no hiring of illegal immigrants, none would come. Sweeping federal spending cuts are having a devastating effect on the criminal-justice system and its ability to carry out constitutional mandates.
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- Readers Write: Video games foster unthinking acts; Marxism endures in China
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- Readers Write: The tyranny of America's pro-gun majority; Do guns make us safer?
- Readers Write: How I fight gun and gang violence, as a former gang member
- Readers Write: GOP can attract Hispanics; Keystone pipeline spells destruction
- Readers Write: Why suicide rate fell in Japan; Gun ownership for self-defense is based on fear
- Readers Write: The advantages of a decreasing Western birth rate
- Readers Write: Strengthen families to curb gun violence; less government, better economy
- Readers Write: The great Second Amendment debate
- Readers Write: Flawed logic in 'giving up guns'; Killing is barbaric – with guns or not
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Readers Write: Not too late to change US priorities in Afghanistan; Gun control advocates use flawed logic
Letters to the Editor for the weekly print issue of February 4, 2013: US actions in Afghanistan have not matched our words; we must push for better governance and offer more development aid. And on gun control: Should the US also outlaw box cutters since they were instrumental in the murder of nearly 3,000 people on 9/11?
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Readers Write: Balancing gun rights with prevention; America's culture of fear sells; Gun control and the Bill of Rights
Letters to the Editor for the Jan. 28 weekly print issue: There is no easy answer to the question about how to protect America's Second Amendment rights but also prevent gun violence. Fear sells, and the media and lobbyists on both sides have capitalized on our latest fear of gun violence. Legislating gun control would set a dangerous precedent for altering the Bill of Rights.
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Readers Write: Zero Dark Thirty fails to take moral stand; Founding Fathers' compromise on faith
Letters to the Editor for the weekly print issue of January 21, 2013: Films like Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty should take a better moral stand on torture. America's Founding Fathers knew the art of compromise – even on issues of faith.
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Readers Write: Obamacare should keep religious exemption narrow. What has Obama done for Palestinians?
Letters to the Editor for the weekly print issue of Dec. 31, 2012: The religious exemption to Obamacare's contraceptive mandate should remain narrow, so few groups have the right to deny employees insurance coverage for contraception. President Obama should stop support for Israel's West Bank takeover and bring US foreign policy in line with American democratic principles.
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Readers Write: Should Obamacare honor the rights of individuals or institutions?
Letters to the Editor for the weekly print issue of December 24, 2012: Government shouldn't privilege the teachings of one religion over another on any part of health-care access. And equating women's access to health care with an impingement on religious liberty is a distraction.
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Readers Write: Democracy needs better media; Israel's right to defend itself
Letters to the Editor for the weekly print issue of December 17, 2012: The media needs to do a better job providing citizens with dependable, unbiased information. Regarding the latest conflict in Gaza, Israel only decided to fight back after Hamas attacks became unbearable.
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Readers Write: Preserve local news; Japan's nuclear dilemma is an energy dilemma
Letters to the Editor for the weekly print issue of December 10, 2012: Local news gives citizens the information to get involved and affect their immediate environment and the political decisions that shape it. Japan's problem is that is has no viable energy options other than nuclear power.
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Readers Write: Environmental misconceptions
Letters to the Editor for the weekly print issue of December 3, 2012: Inconsistency and outside influence have been prevalent ever since Congress passed the Wilderness Preservation Act 25 years ago. Paper protections rarely bring with them consistent and adequate enforcement.
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