Category: Letters to the Editor

Our political muzzle

re "FEC fines Swift Boat, MoveOn" (LA Times, 12/14/06) http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-swiftboat14dec14,0,6247964.story? To the Editor: The Federal Election Commissions rulings against spending by “527” groups is a predictable and terri… more »

Foreign Aid: Feeding the Monster

re "World Bank Reports Poverty Programs Ineffective" (Washington Post, 12/7/06) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120700427.html To the Editor: While self-criticism by the World Bank is a good start toward refor… more »

Unions are not anti-immigration

re "The rusty grenade" (Economist Magazine, 11/18-11/24/06) (Subscription required, but text below my letter.) http://economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_RTSPRTS Sir: In your immigration article “The rusty grenade”, there is an im… more »

Don Marostica, the clueless rookie legislator

Don Marostica, the freshman legislator representing Colorado's House District 51, is taking bold steps to prove correct those of us who argued he was unfit to be in government. As reported in the Loveland Reporter-Herald, Marostica's first or second b… more »

Polygamists, be careful what you wish for

re "Polygamists Fight to Be Seen As Part of Mainstream Society" (Washington Post, 11/21) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/21/AR2006112100206.html To the Editors: Your story about polygamists trying to bring their behavi… more »

US and Australia correct to scorn greenhouse tax

re "US pours scorn on international greenhouse tax proposal" Sydney Morning Herald, 11/20/06 http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/us-pours-scorn-on-international-greenhouse-tax-proposal/2006/11/19/1163871272165.html To the Editors: The US and Austr… more »

Jim Webb: Economic Moron or just a Democrat?

re "American Workers Have a Chance To Be Heard" Jim Webb, Wall Street Journal, 11/15/06 (Subscription required) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116355741563823452.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries Senator-elect Jim Webb’s editorial demonstrates jus… more »

Ref C and economic illteracy in the media

This letter was sent to the Rocky Mountain News by my friend Mike Williams: Your front page story, Ref C tax windfall (Oct 31), proves again the bias and/or economic illiteracy of your paper. The article focuses on the additional revenue now being co… more »

Ref C excess revenue is nothing to cheer about

re "Ref C revenue a boon for state" (Rocky Mountain News, 10/31/06) http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5106694,00.html To the Editor: While the excess taxation collected under Referendum C may be a boon for governme… more »

Another disaffected Republican

re "The GOP Leans on A Proven Strategy" (Washington Post, 10/25/06) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102401563.html As one of the “disaffected” voters the Republican Party is trying to “woo back”, my guess is that… more »