Can we balance liberty and security after 9 11
Our view on the Office of Homeland Security cites Sept 11 as a reminder that security must be managed without eroding freedoms. Tom Ridge leads a sprawling, powerful effort to coordinate agencies, but concerns arise about top down control and preserving bottom up resilience. Free‑speech and individuality must endure wartime uncertainty.
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Public Forum Contact Details From Odessa American
The Odessa American provides instructions to submit opinions via WRITE or FAX and lists an email option for the public forum. It includes a PO Box in Odessa Texas a fax number and an online submission link for letters to the editor.
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Public Forum Raises Tax and Bond Alarms in Odessa
Odessa reader Sunny Walden voices outrage over a 21 percent hospital tax hike despite a $5 million net profit, a $117 million school bond, and PTA driven early voting. She criticizes city council plans for two $5 million water parks and urges school use to offset costs.
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Drugs fuel terrorists warns columnist opinion piece
Jacob Sullum argues that the war on drugs funds terrorists by creating bulk profit for traffickers and weapons for crime. He criticizes stronger enforcement and questions focusing resources on traffickers over terrorists, urging nuanced policy debate ahead of Walters nomination.
God Bless America or Star Spangled Banner Debate Heats Up
Stephen Chapman argues the 1918 Irving Berlin tune has become the patriotic default after Sept. 11 but notes its brevity and generic imagery. He praises The Star Spangled Banner for heft and variety, while suggesting other options like This Land Is Your Land and America the Beautiful as complements rather than replacements.
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