Letters to the Editor
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Will we ever address health-care crisis?Oct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It seems that health care as a national issue has once again been moved to the back burner. The latest crisis demanding attention, of course, is the collapse of our fina...
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Can't trust govt. on cost of bailoutOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - We listen to the radio, read the papers and watch CNN, aghast and shocked that the federal government is proposing an economic rescue plan unprecedented in its scope. Wh...
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Troubled times demand leadershipOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - These are troubled times, perhaps the most troubled financial times since the Great Depression. A financial panic, brought on by eight years of excess, poor governance ...
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Gas prices partly fault of our inactionOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing this to all of us Americans, media and politicians included, who are sitting back and watching the oil companies "rape and pillage" our economy. Oil prices ...
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Blustering, bullying can bring troubleOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - At their first debate, Sen. McCain scoffed at the notion of sitting across the table from Iranian President Ahmadinejad, referencing Ahmadinejad's quote that "Israel sho...
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Make your voice heard at the pollsOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm fed up with the mess in Springfield, but I'm writing to voice my opposition to holding a Constitutional convention. Rewriting the entire Constitution is not a way to...
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How we all can stop excessive CEO payOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Are you signing proxies for companies in which you own shares? Do the companies pay their top executives millions of dollars each year in salaries, bonuses and stock op...
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Respond to crisis by selling HawaiiOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - When times are tough like they are now, we have to make some tough decisions and we have to make sacrifices, but we have to make the right sacrifices. I have an idea: I...
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Judges shouldn't take lawyer moneyOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to express my concern over the bias of our judicial system. On Nov. 4, we will not just be voting for a new president, senator or congressman. We will also ...
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Gentes will fight railroad saleOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National (CN) wants to make the EJ&E line into a train superhighway with at least 20 freight trains per day blocking traffic and making getting around impossibl...