The latest event in the slow-but-sure push of a pro-life agenda into the lives of women in our state took place Tuesday at the Capitol. The Michigan House voted 69-37 to make it a legal requirement for medical clinics that conduct abortions to offer the option of seeing an ultrasound of the fetus to women who are considering having an abortion.
I wanted to address Bryant Miller's letter to the editor, "Bush not only one at fault for Iraq War" (SN 5/23). Let's take a look at the forgotten, minimally publicized Iraq War, and then I will address your letter.
It would be nice if the United States weren't still divided along racial lines, as Ward Connerly and the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative seem to think - but this is not the case.
When Ralph Cifaretto, a mob character on HBO's "The Sopranos," brutally kills his girlfriend, he excuses the act by saying, "She was a whore," (pronounced hoo-ah, to be exact). The implication is that a whore is an untrustworthy, worthless person.
After three months of debate, what is quite possibly the most obvious bill to have been passed through the Legislature in years has finally been signed by the governor. Last week Gov.
The city of East Lansing's riot police expenditures figure of $190,389 for the April 2-3 disturbances is grossly out of line with the $5,775 in damage caused by crowds.
Thank you for your story on local religious organizations that are open to all, including people who are lesbian, bisexual, gay or transgender "Intersection of Identities" (SN 5/17). It includes a good selection of open and affirming congregations in East Lansing, but there are welcoming religious organizations that are not on your list. Our local Quaker Meeting (the Red Cedar Friends Meeting) is a diverse group.
As a Jewish graduate of MSU who is LBGT identified, I was glad to see the article in Tuesday's issue of The State News discussing the intersection of religion and identity.
Tuesday's East Lansing City Council meeting resulted in a number of financial cuts and the passage of the 2005-06 fiscal year budget. Among the areas affected by the cuts include the police department, the East Lansing Public Library and the city's finance department. Funding for buying library books was cut by $50,000, but the burden was lessened when council members opted to add $33,200 to the library fund from other parts of the budget.
I would like to take this time to thank Herb Parlato for his political rhetoric letter to the editor "Bush hypocritical in Newsweek mistake" (SN 5/19). "President Bush and his PR group" did such a good job convincing us Iraq had weapons that President Clinton bombed Iraq for the same reason years before Bush even became president.
It happened to me twice today. As I am headed out the door of the building where I work, someone is smoking about two feet from the door.
I'm concerned that Michigan newspapers might be withholding a piece of important information from the public that has been reported widely abroad but hasn't yet reached our neck of the woods.
For those people fortunate enough to receive a college education, health care might be easy to take for granted.
This is in response to the letter to the editor entitled, "Evolution covers life on Earth only" (SN 4/28). I would like to congratulate the author for stating the obvious - that evolution only covers the origin of life on Earth.
After reading the State News editorial "Heartbreaker," (SN 5/16) it is clear that the media has not learned from its mistakes.
What a wonderful article! I really enjoyed the fact that you listed all of the LBGT-friendly spiritual organizations in the area; thank you very much for that "Intersection of Identities" (SN 5/17). It is unfortunate that many LBGT people experience such spiritual conflict and personal insecurities because they feel damned, isolated and segregated by the one thing our society has taught us to hold onto.
I would like to comment on Jolene Ross' editorial regarding Newsweek and the laughable reaction to the article by the White House.
If you plan to travel this summer, consider taking the train or carpooling instead of flying or driving alone.
In today's world, everything is being updated constantly. From computers to the Food Guide Pyramid, the progressive attitude of the 21st century is evident throughout the world.
The MSU administration has done the university justice this time by conducting an external candidate search for the open position of MSU provost.