To the family and friends of Texas Army National Guard Sgt. Anthony Luke Mason:
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 11: A moment that changed a life
- LETTERS/Oct. 11: A billion here, a billion there ...
Read in the Oct. 8 Star-Telegram about NASA spending $1.5 billion for the Mars Science Laboratory (maybe added on to the $400 million for the cost of the last mission and to add a new SUV-size rover to the mix). Oh and if we delay the mission to 2010 or 2011, it might add $300 million.
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 10: Sex ed in schools hasn’t worked
According to Allison Marks, the promotion of contraception in schools’ sex education would eliminate unwanted babies, and thus end child abuse. (See: "Abstinence-only sex ed not the answer," Sept. 27)
- LETTERS/Oct. 10: If you really want change in Washington, limit their terms
It is time to limit the terms of Congress. I do not believe that there are any valid reasons not to. The excuses — that bureaucrats, staff and lobbyists would run Washington and that seniority is a good thing — are no longer valid.
- LETTERS/Oct. 10: Readers comment on the presidential race
Take third choice
- LETTERS/Oct. 9: Political endorsements
Fickes deserves support
- LETTERS/Oct. 9: Public education and elections
Crowley school taxpayers sent a strong message by defeating the proposed tax increase. Rarely in the history of the district has such an increase failed. But student test scores, trust and confidence in leadership have seldom been this low. The vote is evidence.
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 9: Making an appeal to the heart
Team Ridglea Masters Swim Team lost one of our active members last June.
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 8: Armed teachers — a new reality
In the United States during the 20th century, it was difficult to accept as reality that an organization or an individual would be willing to murder every school child possible to make a point or promote a cause or because they were dissatisfied with their lot or because their deity required them to do so. Today, these things are not only conceivable but happen throughout the world.
- LETTERS/Oct. 8: World War II veteran John Martinek, words of wisdom and more
Once again, Star-Telegram reporter Chris Vaughn has written another heartwarming story about World War II veteran John Martinek. (See: "Another dream coming true for homeless WWII veteran," Oct. 4)
- ELECTION LETTERS: Pro and con, yes and no on the election
What planet is he from?
- LETTERS/Oct. 7: Failed school bonds, green energy and North Texas elections
I have always been proud to say that I live in the Crowley school district, until Saturday. Now, I’m just plain embarrassed. Until we rejected the school tax rate, I assumed that my neighbors understood that our property values are only as good as the quality of our schools.
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 6: Tickets and ethics in Bedford lease
Beverly Queen, Bedford city manager, recently negotiated a one-year lease agreement under which ARTSNET would occupy a taxpayer-owned building at Bedford Boys Ranch for a rental fee of $10.
- POLITICAL LETTERS/Oct. 6: As the campaign heats up, so do the passions of letter-writers
Think about the judges
- LETTERS/Oct.6: Bailout and priorities and more
While the nation’s attention was focused on Wall Street and how this economic crisis effects Main Street, 25 U.S. troops died in Iraq last month.
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 6: Shouldn’t there be some law?
Kerry Killinger, CEO of Washington Mutual, was finally fired from his job on Sept. 8.
- LETTERS/Oct. 5: Recommendations criticized and made
Boy, did the Editorial Board botch it on its recommendation to re-elect the three Republican justices on the Texas Supreme Court. I have voted Republican for the last 29 years and will probably vote Republican in the current national election. I will vote Democrat in each contested Texas Supreme Court race.
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 5: Crying for a fractured nation
Recently I cried for my beloved United States of America, which sadly I find is no longer united.
- LETTERS/Oct. 4: Information on D/FW airport issues online
There’s a link at top right of D/FW Airport’s Web site that reads, "DFW Airport’s Response to Media/Travel Inquiries."
- Auditing D/FW Airport travel expenses is right, but don’t put on such a show.
Travel spending and policies at D/FW Airport should be reviewed, but that won’t satisfy everyone.
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 4: Missing the point of the effort
I am disheartened to see that the blog attention on Passionate Prose in reaction to the letters "Dogs and police cars," Sept. 22, has been focused on the police and their willingness/unwillingness to follow traffic laws, as opposed to the plight of the stray dogs in that area.
- LETTERS/Oct. 3: The bailout, pro and con on the candidates and more
As a child, I was taught that if I spent more than I had coming in, I was going to be in debt — the basic principle of economics. Now we are being asked to "bail out" those who left that principle behind because of greed or poor judgment. We are told that all sorts of dire things "may happen."
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 3: Tort reform bad for the victims
Like a ghost from a Dickens novel, former state Rep. Joe Nixon once again makes his periodic appearance in the opinion pages of newspapers across the state, rattling his chains about how "tort reform" is swell and should be preserved. (See: "5 years later, Prop 12 is a proven winner," Oct. 1)
- FOCUS ON/Oct. 2: Blind support for Trinity project
All the Republican and Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates say they are against earmarks.
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