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...upholding the right of Americans to express their freedom to worship God as guaranteed to each man in the Ten Commandments, he took the position each free American ought to take, and should we lose that courage, we will evenually lose more of those liberties we often take for granted. Dave Perlmutter Escondido, Calif...
...afford whatever military force that this country needs. The fact that other people are saying it ought to be reviewed is a fair comment because the force has been used at a higher level during this spike in activity in Iraq. We think that the current stress on the force is a spike--that is to say it is not a permanent condition. We hope that's the case. I can assure you that I will recommend to the President whatever it is we think we need. At the current time, every bit of analysis supports just the opposite--that...
...skill sets are the ones we keep calling up, and they happen to be the ones that are badly needed in the world we're living in--civil affairs and the like, military police. All the services are currently coming up with proposals as to what skills they think ought to be on active duty so that we don't have to be so disrespectful of the circumstances of the reservists that we call them up every year...
...Beware The Straight Backlash," Andrew Sullivan described himself as gay and politically conservative and decried the Bush Administration's hostility toward gay marriage [VIEWPOINT, Aug. 11]. Sullivan ought to know there are many Americans who accept gay marriage and who welcome gay associates, ideas and modes of behavior into their homes, lives and politics. These people are called liberals. Sullivan's problem is not that he's gay; it's that he has been hanging out with the wrong political crowd. He ought to quit spurning the hand of welcome and start working toward a liberal majority. It will...
...abandoned and the theoretical opinions of individuals are allowed to control its meaning, we have no longer a constitution, we are under a government of individuals who for the time being have the power to declare what the constitution is according to their own views of what it ought to mean." What Justice Curtis said in 1858 is true today. We are no longer under a constitution, we are under a government of individuals who for the time being have the power to declare what the constitution is according to their own views of what they think it ought...