Secure flying On a recent trip to the Northwest, our toothpaste, hair products and shaving cream were confiscated. I can understand the rules; however, in the same bag we also had scissors, tweezers and nail clippers that were not confiscated. ...more

November 7, 2009

I plead now for all Americans to stand up for your rights and demand answers from the Obama administration about the czar policy. We have the right to know about what these people are doing in the White House and who is paying for them. Your taxes are for your representation, not for what Obama wants. ...more

September 12, 2009

Your Highlands Today "Our Opinion" editorial of Aug. 9 is an insult to all of us who feel we should have free speech to object to policies of our government. ...more

August 19, 2009

The mention of her upcoming 70th birthday seems to give Lily Tomlin a mild shock. ...more

February 12, 2009

Why is it that we continue to pussy-foot around the real war we are trying to fight? ...more

November 12, 2008

Dear President-Elect Barack Obama: Congratulations on your success. Well done! You have won an impressive victory - but with that victory comes the responsibility to guide a troubled America in a world riven by conflict, confusion and hate. Upon taking office, you will face the daunting task of restoring America's credibility as an effective and exemplary world leader. ...more

November 7, 2008

I will likely vote for John McCain, but certainly not because of the column you published by Mr. Stover. He makes it sound like Senator Obama has secretive close ties with a terrorist fugitive named Bill Ayers. This is utter nonsense. Billy Ayers was one of many thousands of militants who railed at American government in the 1960s. Yes, he was prominent in the Weathermen, and yes, he set off a bomb under a statue, but that was over 40 years ago when Obama was perhaps in third grade, and he has apparently mellowed a bit like almost all radicals of his generation. The Bill Ayers with whom Obama has had only limited contact is now a "Distinguished Professor" at the University of Chicago. It is the Bill Ayers picked by Chicago's Mayor Daly to set up an educational reform program in the Windy City, funded by a $50 million grand from the prestigious Annenberg Foundation. ...more

September 15, 2008

Defining Moment? Regarding "How Bunting Shaped GOP Nomination," Tom Jackson, Feb. 14: ...more

February 18, 2008

After reading "Legacy Is For Later" in the Dec. 20 letter to the editor, I had to stop, fold my hands, bow my head, and thank God that he gave enough of our senators and representatives the wisdom and courage to stop most of the bad bills, (which were against what most Americans wanted,) that the Democrats tried to slip through during the past year. I shudder to think, if as the article requested, there were enough left-wing radicals to pass all of legislation they brought to the floor, they could have legally defeated the United States through a mass invasion without firing a single shot. 1. All illegal aliens would have been rewarded with amnesty and allowed to become citizens of the United States, with voting rights. And they could have brought all of their family into the country to do the same. No limits were set. ...more

December 29, 2007

Regarding "Pakistan: An Uncertain Ally" (Nation/World, Nov.): Sam Rashid needs to be glad that he has been able to go to his native Pakistan every year up until a couple of years ago. I have not been able to go home to my native Kashmir since 1989. My wish to visit home may be nostalgic, but the rest of my family who lived in Kashmir for centuries were forced from their own land and had to live like refugees in their own country. Such has been the situation for two decades in Kashmir, where Kashmiri Muslim militants trained by Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Pakistan forced their Hindu neighbors to either leave or be killed. My father was shot by his Muslim friends on Aug. 24, 1990. ...more

November 8, 2007