Blaming one, and not the other

The cartoon ``I'll get her Phil, Cover Me,'' Nov. 15, is similar to the comments a letter writer made on nuclear waste. Solutions based on only one-half of the basic causes of a problem are misleading.

Newt Gingrich should be saying ``I'll get them, Phil, cover me.'' Mr. Gingrich ought to know that it takes two to produce a baby. To saddle the blame on the unwed mother makes no sense at all. Howard B. Anderson, Hancock, Mich.

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