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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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Is America still the home of the brave?
Collectively, America seems to have become a people addicted to fear, whether it's about the economy, the weather, or children on the way to school. Once again, the nation needs to remember that 'the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of August 1, 2011
Readers write in with responses to columnist Walter Rodgers's piece, "Israel and Evangelicals: Genesis isn't a policy guide."
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A message for Israel and Evangelicals: Genesis isn’t a policy guide
With a dogmatic loyalty to Israel born out of a literal interpretation of the Bible, is the American Christian Right the new Jewish lobby in US politics? Mixing religion and statecraft isn’t just dangerous and unwise. It’s sacrilegious.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of June 20, 2011
Reader's write in to respond to Walter Rodger's column debunking the 'lie' that President Obama can't lead and one reader offers a take on Newt Gingrich's real baggage.
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US and Pakistan: allies with mutual disgust
The Raymond Davis incident shows the fault lines in the US-Pakistan relationship. The real battle being fought between the two 'allies' is in Afghanistan – the battle for influence.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of April 25, 2011
Readers write in about defense spending and the cost of undeclared wars as well as the US Civil War legacy.
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Rural America: 'If government's the problem, shoot it.'
The grand American tradition of disregard for the law – especially rural lawlessness – still thrives. This antigovernment flouting of the law may seem harmless, but it is corrosive and destructive, dismantling society rivet by rivet.
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As Arab strongmen exit, will democracy really take root?
In Western history, state churches had to be weakened, monarchies discarded, and the 'divine right of kings' forfeited for democracy to grow. Which institutions and traditions are Arab nations prepared to give up? Something more than strongmen have to go if the new is to replace the old.
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Crusades redux: Will Jerusalem soon be surrounded by hostile Islamists?
In 1187, Jerusalem was engulfed by an angry, surging Muslim sea. Today, revolution in the Arab world – particularly in Egypt – is making Israel anxious.
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Sarah Palin Inc. Can she trademark her name?
Sarah Palin and her daughter Bristol want to trademark their names – a legal action more typical of celebrity figures in sports, fashion, and entertainment. As well-paid "motivational speakers," they've already made their mark.
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Our misplaced obsession with Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin's supporters and critics need to calm down. She’s a celebrity, not a future president.
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The Super Bowl just aggravates our addiction to hyperbole
The Jets are out, the Steelers are in. The Green Bay Packers ousted the Chicago Bears. And now we'll be subjected to weeks of adrenaline-pumping adjectives – a trend that has spread to politics and media, corroding our discourse.
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Will Congress’s tea party class go native in Washington?
As the 112th Congress gets under way, many of its new members are tea party freshmen who vowed to ‘take on’ Washington. But their early reliance on special-interest money to pay off campaign debts will make that hard to do.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of December 20, 2010
Readers write in about differing views on revenge and the death penalty, volumes of encyclopedias and revising history, and conservative and liberal ideologies.
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America's new drug of choice: revenge
Capital punishment is vengeance masquerading as justice. No matter how heinous the crime, we lose our moral highground when we allow killing as a punishment for murder.
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Take the horror out of Halloween
Silly costumes are one thing, but bloody artifacts of horror are another. Why do we expose children to Halloween's cult of death and call it 'fun'? We have no idea what we are nurturing.
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Who deserves blame for the bad economy? We do.
By neglecting Ben Franklin’s gospel of thrift, Americans got into trouble.
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Price of August naps: history's rudest awakenings
Stay alert, stay alive – especially in August, when Washington and much of Europe are on autopilot.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of July 19, 2010
Readers write in about the US Civil War and Africa's agricultural promise.
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Children of celebrities like Ted Koppel have unique needs
Recent tragedies like the death of Ted Koppel's son show a parent’s visibility can distort a child’s fragile sense of what is possible.
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Letters to the Editor – Weekly Issue of June 14, 2010
Readers write in about the GOP, Russia's Soviet ties, and what Tea partiers want.
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Rift between Israel and the United States: Flotilla incident didn't help
A closer look at Jewish anger over President Obama’s policies after the flotilla raid incident.
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MVP of Obama's security team: Hillary 'the hammer' Rodham Clinton
Even the right wing applauds Secretary of State Clinton's performance.
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Cyberattacks: Can Google -- or Uncle Sam -- protect you?
US cybersecurity is weakened by our desire to keep government out of business.
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