United we stand. Divided we fall. These were the Founding Fathers’ words regarding the initial threat to our country’s solvency. …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 12:59 pm5537d ago
United we stand. Divided we fall. These were the Founding Fathers’ words regarding the initial threat to our country’s solvency. …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 12:57 pm5537d ago
November is Hospice Awareness Month and I am grateful for a couple of local organizations that help families like mine …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 12:55 pm5537d ago
I’m proud to be a liberal! I opposed President Bush’s war in Afghanistan and Iraq. What an abuse of this …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 17, 2010 12:54 pm5537d ago
Reports tell us that Sen. Mitch McConnell has made it his ultimate goal to “see that President Obama is a …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2010 6:33 pm5538d ago
We applaud the Center Point-Urbana Middle School in Urbana for its outstanding Veterans Day program. It consisted of student participation, …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2010 6:32 pm5538d ago
Does anyone else find the stories equating speed cameras with “sin taxes” amusing? I’ve got a “lead foot,” and I’ve …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2010 6:31 pm5538d ago
Social Security is in crisis. The government doesn’t use accounting principles the way business, by law, has to. If it …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2010 6:30 pm5538d ago
Using traffic enforcement cameras is very small and crushes the human spirit. It conveys the message that citizens stand no …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2010 6:11 pm5538d ago
I am a history buff. Every time I vote, I think of America’s veterans of war and the rights that …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 16, 2010 6:10 pm5538d ago
From the start of this country, God has been mentioned and associated with the U.S. government. This is evident in …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2010 7:12 pm5539d ago
Past evidence has proved that crash and fatality rates go up immediately and significantly on select highways where speed limits …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2010 7:10 pm5539d ago
With the holidays approaching, it is the perfect time to start thinking about and giving to others in the world …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2010 6:56 pm5539d ago
Thank you! We cannot say it often enough or loud enough how much we appreciate the extraordinary efforts of all …
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Letters to the Editor Nov. 15, 2010 1:10 pm5539d ago
Spare me the constant clamor of too many of the majority heterosexual population that marriage “must” be between a man …
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