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Lack of WMD shows Bush's bad decision

Scott Owen should really consider stepping out of the persecution complex and addressing the issues ("Bush's reasons for war proven valid" SN 6/2). I don't know what weapons of mass destruction claims were actually "verified." I do know that these same groups currently threatening the United States were at one point or another funded and supported by the U.S., from Saddam Hussein to Osama bin Laden.

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Personal attacks were unwarranted

Isn't it amazing that, when called out on the inaccuracies of an argument, liberals (or Libertarians) always change their position and start with the personal attacks.

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Bush's stance on stem cell research illustrates backward mentality

George W. Bush's treatment of stem cell research makes me feel like I am living in a 12th century theocracy.

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Writer disrespectful to fallen soldiers

Tom Cooke, ("Questioning politicians is better memorial than blind patriotism" SN 6/2) feel free to ask questions, stand on a street corner and preach, rant and rave all you want.

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Bush's reasons for war proven valid

I would like to respond to Herb Parlato's letter.

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Questioning politicians is better memorial than blind patriotism

I've got issues with a lot of American holidays and not just the perennial bleeding heart, liberal target of Columbus Day.

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Derelict care

There's a variety of feelings regarding nursing homes for the elderly. Some people feel it's an impersonal place for a loved one; others feel it's the only option.

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Affirmative action 'conceals' problem

Mara S. Deutch's article ("Rally of 600 protests for affirmative action" SN 5/26) about the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative protesters, while not containing her opinion, offers a biased view on affirmative action. While affirmative action in undergraduate admissions does increase minority and female enrollment, it only serves to conceal a nationwide dilemma.

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Wharton is good, sober alternative

I'm writing in response to Tom Cooke's article on entertainment in East Lansing ("Student-E.L.

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Mystery solved

Yesterday, one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th century came to a close. No, the second gunman on the grassy knoll didn't turn up to put to rest controversy over the assassination of President John F.

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SN shows bias in abortion editorial

This letter is in response to the article "Goal of guilt." After reading this article I was left scratching my head.

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U.S. gov't responsible for Afghan riots

In an almost recession-like period in political news: It's hard to find anything to spark your interest.

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Student-E.L. residents left with few sober entertainment options

Editor's note: All characters and events in this column are entirely fictional. So I was carrying a brown baggie full of dog poop in one hand and a lighter in the other, creepin' onto my neighbor's porch after dusk a few nights ago, when he burst through his front door. "Hold it right there, young fella," he rasped.

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Remembrance

It's a little-known fact, but we employees of The State News work on Sundays. That is because the newspaper comes out on Monday and because MSU holds class on Mondays.

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Thriller trial

Back in the days when circuit courts actually involved traveling judges and lawyers who followed a circuit from courthouse to courthouse, trials were a community event.

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Comments taken out of context

As an uncompromising advocate for LBGT rights, I was deeply distressed by the distortion of my words and the position of the Jewish community in your article "Intersection of Identities" (SN 5/17). I had spoken unequivocally to your reporter about the unqualified endorsement by Reconstructionist and Reform Jewish institutions for welcoming LBGT persons, ordaining and employing them as rabbis and advocating for their rights to marry.

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All those in favor of war should enlist

Bryant Miller, in his letter to the editor "Bush not only one at fault for Iraq war" (SN 5/23) points out that almost everyone believed before the invasion that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

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SN article lacking in strong research

Some points about the State News article regarding human response to pheromones "New research suggests sexual orientation decided by biology" (SN 5/24): The only description of the study you provided was "(It) found that, in gay men and straight women, male pheromones elicited a stronger response than female pheromones." Finding that a person exhibits a reaction to male pheromones does not imply a genetic origin to homosexuality as your article claimed.

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Stem science

Stem cell research has the potential for great scientific gains, as well as the potential to generate outrage for tampering with human life. On Tuesday, the U.S.

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20th birthday marks big step into adulthood, anticipation of 21st

Daniel Thai

May 26, 2005

Men in their 40s - with their comb-overs flapping in the wind as they drive their freshly waxed Mustang convertibles - have midlife crises. Students in their teens - with their messy hair hidden under baseball caps as they stumble to class in their pajama pants - have quarter-life crises. OK, well, maybe I'm the only one having a quarter-life crisis, but it's part of the stigma that comes with turning the dreaded age of 20. I turned 20 on Sunday, and people greeted me with the token "Happy birthday!" and congratulated me.