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Editor:Advocates of gun ownership as an absolute right weaken their case when they deliberately subvert the real issues by quibbling about statistical studies. Virtually all statistical reports are...
DATE: Jan. 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:Recently, there's been too much controversy about flags being flown in classrooms/schools including the Union Jack. I'm sure a kid ran to Mommy and alerted her, fueling more anger throughout...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:In response to Judy Brenholt:1. Black powder firearms were available when the Second Amendment was drafted. Taking your question to its logical conclusion suggests only 18th century firearms...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:I had hoped the recent shootings of young children in Connecticut would lead to both sides of the debate on firearms to create a climate that would produce a logical way to protect our...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:There are many reasons for people being homeless. You could get a terminal illness. Someone could steal your identity today and you would be living in a box in your neighbor's driveway...
DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:Now the "skeptic" from McElmo Canyon, Larry Tradlener, reveals that his skepticism lies "in the management of the country." Can he provide the level of his doubt when the...
DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:It is really strange to read our founding fathers were far too stupid to understand that technology would advance, as they saw it advance in their lives. Of course they knew we wouldn't...
DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:"The right of the people to keep and bear arms is an extension of the natural right to self-defense and a hallmark of personal sovereignty. It is specifically insulated from governmental...
DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:I watched the KOAT news clip about the Confederate flag. The clip was very one-sided. They didn't investigate why the rebel flag had anything to do with the "alleged" hate crime. Oh wait,...
DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:In response to the letter from Betty Houghton, the main reasons for homelessness are foreclosure, poverty, eroding work opportunities, decline in public assistance, lack of public housing,...
DATE: Jan. 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:I write in regard to the article on the front page of the Jan. 19 Journal regarding the gun-control issue that faces us all. I am a grandmother so perhaps my views differ from those...
DATE: Jan. 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Editor:Turtles don't lie about the weather. In the Northern Hemisphere (America is located there), land surface temperature for June 2012 was the all-time warmest June on record, at 1.30°C (2.34°F)...
DATE: Jan. 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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