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  • Musician’s strength shown

    May 15, 2010 in Letters In the story by Kevin Graman on May 7, we want to thank you for the photo and article about Don McKenzie. We were both moved and inspired.

  • Read tomorrow’s classics today

    May 15, 2010 in Letters Haven’t there been any good novels written in the last 40 years? Of course! Then why are schools still requiring students to read the same outdated novels?

  • Sit this race out

    May 15, 2010 in Letters The Spokesman-Review editorial on May 9 heaped praise on the Race to the Top (RTTT) initiative sponsored by U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The writer urged all Washington …

  • Beggars going pro

    May 15, 2010 in Letters Doug Clark’s column on John C. Fisher and his anti-panhandling crusade highlighted the reality that many people are experiencing compassion fatigue because of repeated exposure to beggars. Resentment often results, …

  • Utah does it right, far right

    May 15, 2010 in Letters Representatives at the Utah Republican convention blocked Sen. Bob Bennett from running for re-election for a fourth term as a U.S. senator. Their reasoning being that he voted on two … 2

  • Homecoming past due

    May 15, 2010 in Letters Japan no longer wants 50,000 troops in Okinawa. South Korean “police action” has been over 60 years, but we still have another 50,000 troops there not wanted. Fifty thousand American …

  • Support Shea

    May 15, 2010 in Letters Individual rights, starting with the Magna Carta and culminating with the U.S. Bill of Rights, is a main reason for America’s success. No country in history has done as much …