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August 21, 2019 at 3:15 pm

Protect public lands: Support LWCF | Letter to the editor

For more than 50 years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has been an essential tool for protecting and expanding outdoor spaces for the benefit...

August 20, 2019 at 4:02 pm

Postal Service employees ‘are the hardest working group’ | Letter to the editor

Re: “ACT loses 40 college-entrance exams in mail”: Given that the exams were reported as lost by FedEx, a private, for-profit company, and that “mail”...

August 20, 2019 at 3:20 pm

A call to action to stop divisive rhetoric | Letter to the editor

I just returned home from the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, where I joined 662 other leaders of orders of Catholic...

August 19, 2019 at 3:08 pm

Along with FedEx, the U.S. Postal Service has issues | Letter to the editor

Re: “ACT loses 40 college-entrance exams in mail”: This article, although it is about a problem with FedEx, reminds me of our post office experiences...

August 19, 2019 at 8:56 am

A cure for our dysfunctional health-care system | Letter to the editor

Re: “Murder-suicide is suspected in pair’s deaths” : The news of the elderly couple’s death is another in the litany of tragedies inflicted upon American...

August 16, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Universal background checks — with seller provisions | Letter to the editor

I support universal background checks on all firearm sales with this provision: A firearm seller could be liable as an accomplice if the weapon was...

August 16, 2019 at 11:58 am

Restore assault-weapons ban | Letter to the editor

I do not expect any changes to gun laws as long we have a Republican controlled Senate and White House, together with no common and...

August 16, 2019 at 11:56 am

Instead of additional laws for legal gun owners, get tough on criminals | Letter to the editor

It’s time we start holding criminals accountable for their actions. Adding additional laws for legal gun owners doesn’t solve the criminal problems. There is no...

August 16, 2019 at 11:54 am

Restrict ammunition sales to legally registered gun owners with matching firearms | Letter to the editor

There are more guns in America than citizens, which makes gun control untenable, if not impossible. Guns don’t kill people — bullets do. Guns of...

August 16, 2019 at 11:52 am

Raise the age to 21 to purchase ammunition or firearms | Letter to the editor

A few ideas on firearm restrictions for the U.S.A.: Limit clips and magazines to five or six rounds (my local gun club shooting range has...