Archive for: December 2004

The Need for Common Ground

It is often said there’s nothing more American than dissent. The right of dissent is fundamental to our society. Protesting, marching, writing letters, speaking out are all part American politics. However, for any political debate to …

Chip Laird, Associate Pastor of the United Church of Christ had a column today discussing the Church’s pro-homosexual ad campaign. He wrote of the church:

Our local UCC congregation is filled with a rich variety …

R. Keith Roark (former Democratic Candidate for Attorney General) had a Reader’s View in today’s Statesman in which he responded to David Ripley’s charge that the Democrats are losing because they are out of touch with Idaho family values because …

The Statesman posted yesterday’s and today’s opinion pieces. Nothing much was interesting in today’s but Chris Bolton had a letter in yesterday. He wrote:

A recent nationwide study of conservative and liberal clergy listed the …

For more than a decade and a half, Michael Moore has been the hunter, preying on politicians, political leaders, and anyone he wants to “expose”. First time filmmaker Michael Wilson does a superb job turning the tables on Moore …

For some reason, the Statesman doesn’t have any Opinion pages online, oh well, I’ll respond another day.

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We had a good Christmas at the Graham house (or mobile home). We put Christ first this Christmas, we sang around nine Christmas songs and read the Christmas story before opening presents. Received several presents including a Hickory farms pack …

Your truly had another letter to the editor in today regarding “Parking Ticket Grace”. I wrote:

Reading Dec. 18’s letters to the editor, I found the response to Mission Media’s parking ticket plan troubling. …

In order to avoid causing a panic among currency speculators, I must apologize for the incorrect information posted yesterday. I said the Value of a Dinar (and in turn what my value was when I got married to wife) was …

There were a number of letters to the editor on the death of Matthew Jones who was shot by a police officer earlier this week as he charged with an empty rifle that had a bayonet on it. Everyone is …