Letters to the Gazette on drinking and driving as terrorism
In a letter, a reader links alcohol impaired driving deaths to terrorism after 9/11. Citing 16 653 alcohol related fatalities in 2000, the writer asks for perspective beside World Trade Center losses and recalls a 1972 crash that killed a son, urging more care and awareness about drunk driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Trade Center
Pentagon
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
WTC
Raw material matters in home schooling versus public schools
The text argues that comparing home schooling to public education is misleading without a baseline. It notes that many high achieving public school students come from strong home environments and involved parents, while pre tests are impractical, and that good parenting often explains much of student success in public schools.
Move to End U N Involvement and Restore Sovereignty
A historical critique argues against U N membership and global governance citing Alger Hiss, Vietnam and Korea wars, and alleged Uno communist aims. The author warns against loss of sovereignty, calls for U N withdrawal, and asserts U N control over property taxation banks and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger Hiss
Vietnam
U.S
United Nations
U.N
George Orwell
Awkward captions spark reader clash over attributions
A Cedar Rapids scene shows Officer John Doe speaking to seventh graders at Prairie Middle School while on duty. A Springfield reader complains about quoting another clipping and a Missouri newspaper defends the attribution amid accusations of slander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Waskow
Cedar Rapids
John Doe
Prairie Middle School
Prairie
Doe
Springfield
The
Missourian
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