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Americans with short memories should try to understand Iraqi man's mind
A terrible thing happened to two soldiers of the 101st Airborne 12 miles south of Baghdad last week. Pfc.
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Appealing to a higher power
Sometimes public safety outweighs a person's privacy. When someone puts the lives of others in danger, we should know what happened in order to better protect ourselves.
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Gore's movie for political gain, not to save Earth
Al Gore's timing couldn't have been better. "An Inconvenient Truth" opens during the summer at the dawn of hurricane season following the devastation of the previous, in an election year in which Republican control is staggering, and at a time when popular consensus overwhelms the National Academy of Sciences to point circumstantial fingers at industrial causes for global climate change.
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Climate changes natural, not due to global warming
It appears that some people disagree with my comments in the article "Planetary Meltdown," (SN 6/23), that global warming is not as big of a deal as the 2008 presidential hopeful portrays it to be — and yes I did regrettably pay the $7.50 to watch Al Gore's garbage, "An Inconvenient Truth." After seeing the movie, I began doing some research and found several highly qualified scientists in the fields of geology, climatology and paleoclimatology.
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Bush administration should spread wealth by raising minimum wage
The Republican-led Congress continues to push a central theme of Bush administration economic policy: Help the ultra-rich whenever there's a window of opportunity, but don't throw a bone to the working poor unless it's an absolute political necessity. House GOP leaders are striving to exempt more multimillionaires from the estate tax after failing to win its outright repeal in the Senate.
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Problems still exist with certain alternative fuels
The opinion column, "United States must take head out of sand, research other fuel sources" by Shane Krouse, (SN 6/21), overlooks significant problems with certain alternative fuels.
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Science can't include god; impossible to test faith
In his letter, "Bice's letter on intelligent design doesn't cite evidence," (SN 6/26), Josh Rilko makes a case for the inclusion of a god in science.
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Web site to reach voters
It's very likely that your classmates use the Internet on a daily basis. It's also very likely that this same group of people is more technologically-savvy than older generations.
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Global warming important issue, affects everyone
Jeff Wiggins, who was quoted in "Planetary meltdown," (SN 6/23), claims if global warming were so important, everyone would know more about it.
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Bush administration demands privacy for itself none for U.S. citizens
For five years now, Americans have been trading their freedom and privacy for safety. Since Sept. 11, 2001, President George W.
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What's the plan in Iraq?
From a young age, we set goals. Whether it is to ride a bike or climb Mount Everest, we all have something we would like to accomplish.
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Bice's letter on intelligent design doesn't cite evidence
With the latest string of evolution and intelligent design opinion columns and letters in The State News, I figured we should be hearing from our good friend John Bice.
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Spirituality, mind-body medicine plays valid role in health, healing
The concept of spirituality to study quality of life and health is not new, but has returned to the scene during recent years and has gone through an evolutionary process.
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Letter writer's war parity also lacking, missing points
Brett Mellin's letter, "War comparison doesn't work; numbers not equal," (SN 6/22), is correct in that one cannot easily compare the wars in which the United States has fought.
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Turns out it's impossible to produce cat from scratch
Kirby Rials' column, "Intelligent design makes sense, complexity of life not accidental," (SN 6/20), made my day.
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Almighty, awesome ethanol
You might not like how vegetables taste, but they can save you money. Ethanol gas, commonly called E85, is made of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.
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Increasing evidence for intelligent design theory
Once again there is a hot debate and controversy over the validity of a certain scientific theory. I can understand why people would shoot down an emerging theory that challenges decades of scientific consensus, especially one that permits the supernatural and unobservable.
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War comparison doesn't work; numbers not equal
Caitlin Scuderi, who wrote "War cycle repeats itself; shouldn't we have learned from previous mistakes?" (SN 6/19), must work on her comparisons. To compare Vietnam to Iraq, when there were about 20 times as many American casualties in Vietnam, is irresponsible.
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Modern day romance breaks barriers
It's been said that love has no boundaries. There is no distance it cannot span, no hurdle it cannot overcome.
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Beware of bird flu; virus more dangerous than you might think
The influenza pandemic of 1918-19 killed more people than World War I. Thought to have originated in China, this form of the common flu was particularly virulent.