Friday, January 11th, 2008
Dear Editor:
We are constantly being urged to eat locally produced food. The reason
we’re given is that apart from being more nutritious than the imported kind,
it’s easier on the environment than food that has to be flown or hauled here
over great distances. The problem is it’s hard to find local produce, or even
food from other [...]
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Dear Editor:
An editorial in the St. John’s Telegram knowingly or unknowingly played to those at the top of the established political parties who are increasingly concentrating decision making power in their hands. http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=96229&sc=80
Advising Newfoundlanders and Labradoreans, and by extension all Canadians, to regard everyone outside the three established parties as “fringe” elements cements the control [...]
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Dear Editor:
I have been reading for two days on the rapid population explosion of Muslims in Europe and our neighbor, Canada.
The rapid increases are frightening when you consider 40 to 46 percent of these young people between the ages of 18 to 26 still believe the punishment for being a Christian should be [...]
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Dear Editor:
Re: Some Observations of Obama
As I see it from here in Southern New England (Hartford, Connecticut), I have the uneasy feeling that Obama will be the USA’s next “Jimmy Carter.” And it couldn’t come at a worse possible time in our or the world’s history.
With Europe, and sadly, once mighty Great Britain, in [...]
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Dear Editor:
I’m glad to hear from ex- soldiers point of view about serving in Afghanistan. I think that it is very sad and disgraceful that people like Jack Layton do not support our troops or the mission in Afghanistan. Our Canadian troops are there because they want to be there and want to make [...]
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Dear Editor:
Re: Why Al Qaeda Didn’t Kill Her And The Pakistani Military Did?
You call her “Mrs. Bhutto” which is blatantly incorrect, as she was not married to anyone named Bhutto. The common phenomena of married women using their maiden names renders the antiquated “Mrs.” inaccurate as well as inexcusably sexist.
Please desist.
Joyce
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