Letters on the value of simple words and political diction
A reader critiques verbose writing in public discourse, citing Shakespearean brevity and evaluating examples by G W Bush and Paul Krugman. The letter notes the 57 states remark and lists the 57 primaries plus seven other jurisdictions as clarifications.
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Delma Craig
State of the Union
G.W. Bush
Princeton
Paul Krugman
Craig
Obama
Washington, D.C
Puerto Rico
American Samoa
The
Virgin Islands
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Roswell Choir Thanks Community for Broadway to Carnegie Hall II Support
The First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir and Roswell Chorale thank Roswell for overwhelming support of From Broadway to Carnegie Hall II. Audience ads, local press coverage, and venue help from ENMU Arts Center and Roswell Printing aided a successful show. In June the singers travel to New York City to perform Ellingboe’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall.
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First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir
Roswell
Dorothy Peterson
Juliana Halvorson
Roswell Printing Company
KBIM
KCKN
KBCQ
KMOU
KSFX
Roswell Daily Record
University
Patti Stacy
Bradley Ellingboe
Carnegie Hall
God
Unruly mob rhetoric and health care debate critiques
The author blasts political rhetoric and mob violence surrounding health care reform. They mock tea party signs and GOP lawmakers, warn of gun-armed radicals, and contrast spending with a failed presidency, noting 45 000 Americans die yearly from lacking insurance.
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Obama
Iraq
Caesar
Barabbas
Washington
Bin Laden passage fuels war conspiracy reflections
A reader links the Iraq War anniversary to a Roswell Daily Record piece claiming bin Laden was in our grasp and allowed to escape. The letter accuses the Bush family and Cheney of oil-driven motives, cites alleged CIA ties and 9/11 warnings, and urges access to oil profits.
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Roswell
Bush Administration
bin Laden
Bush
George Bush Sr
Osama bin Laden
CIA
Afghanistan
Dick Cheney
Iraq
Fed
Alan Greenspan
Debakey critiques government health care role and Obamacare risk
Renowned surgeon Thomas DeBakey argues that while government funding aids medical research it must avoid full control of health care. He criticizes universal systems as ineffectual and warns of rationing, urging a GOP alternative to Obamacare ready in 2013.
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DeBakey
Robert M. Ball
Kennedy
Social Security
Cal Thomas
Tribune Media Services
Kenmore Ave
Buffalo
N.Y
Cal Thomas At
Tribune.com
Tribune Media Services, Inc
Cuba protest urges release of political prisoners
Maria Elena Salinas notes U S State Department asks Cuba to free prisoners as Miami hosts a Ladies in White march. Obama expresses concern over Orlando Zapata Tamayo death and Cuban repression while contrasting a clenched fist approach with calls for change.
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U.S. State Department
Miami
Ladies In White
Barack Obama
Cuba
Orlando Zapata Tamayo
Las Damas de Blanco
Fidel Castro
Raul
Maria Elena Salinas
Mariaesalinas
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NEW Mexico Forestry Deparment
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