One wonders what the Veritas Institute was trying to accomplish with its recent ill-fated video about voter fraud in North Carolina; its time might have been better spent protecting us from the scourge of lightning strikes.
Modified: 05/29/12 04:43:58 PMThe N.C. Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel says that sea level for the Outer Banks is and has been rising at about 18 inches per 100 years, and insists that rules for 39 inches of sea-level rise (SLR) by 2100 must be implemented.
Modified: 05/29/12 04:43:58 PMI want to join the chorus of those praising the work of Wake County District Court Judge Kristin Ruth. She was, as your May 22 editorial noted, compassionate. But she was also innovative. If men convicted of failing to pay child support were guilty of no other crimes, Ruth often offered them a choice. In lieu of jail time, they could choose to be sentenced to substance abuse treatment programs, to employment training programs, and – if they could find work – to employment outside the corrections system.
Modified: 05/29/12 04:44:57 PMIt was with great sadness that I read about the resignation of Judge Kristin Ruth from her Wake County District Court seat. I have known Ruth since 2007 and in working with her became familiar with the high standards of personal and professional integrity she embodies.
Modified: 05/29/12 04:45:57 PMRegarding the May 29 article on NC-20, the state’s consortium of climate change deniers (“Counties fight sea-level forecast”): We’ll never come to any sort of agreement about climate change, or what to do (or not do) about it, so long as we can’t agree on terms. Case in point: Your use of the term “science adviser,” in this case to describe NC-20’s man John Droz.
Modified: 05/29/12 04:43:57 PMSurprise, surprise! Marriage in North Carolina will not be redefined! It will continue to be limited to any man and woman, regardless of their plans to have children, despite the fact they will probably be divorced in a few years, and with no concern for their religious beliefs.
Modified: 05/29/12 04:44:56 PMThank you for publishing the story of the Pakistani government’s brutal punishment of the Pakistani doctor who aided U.S. operatives in pinning down the location of the house (in Pakistan) where Osama Bin Laden had been living in for some time. They didn’t even give him a trial but handed him over to a tribal “court,” which sentenced him to 33 years in prison for “treason.”
Modified: 05/29/12 04:45:56 PMI am at a loss to explain the media attention to trading losses at JP Morgan Chase Bank.
Modified: 05/25/12 12:35:47 PMI have been following state Sen. Phil Berger’s “reform” efforts for North Carolina’s schools with much interest. According to The N&O, this effort is based on reforms already enacted in Florida. If that is true, perhaps North Carolina ought to be looking for a better model to follow.
Modified: 05/25/12 12:35:47 PMAs a gay man I appreciate that Rick Martinez doesn’t believe gays are spewing venom at him (May 16 column), but that is probably because we are too confused trying to figure out what he is saying.
Modified: 05/25/12 12:34:47 PMOfficials claim North Carolina cannot afford to keep Dorothea Dix Hospital open. But to create and maintain a park on Dix land will cost a fortune, a fact that park advocates don’t mention. The 1,300 DHHS workers currently on Dix campus would be moved. Gov. Beverly Perdue’s solution is to build an office complex and to hire a consultant with money from somewhere.
Modified: 05/25/12 12:34:47 PMHow can Wake school Superintendent Tony Tata repeatedly report that the majority is happy with the new assignment plan while I continue to hear many who remain on waiting lists and are not at all satisfied?
Modified: 05/25/12 12:35:47 PMI refer to your May 7 story about the Occupy Raleigh group breaking camp. Their purpose, as stated, was to protest economic conditions in the U.S. and to draw attention to the distribution of wealth in our population. You also mentioned that they had set up a makeshift library when they initially arrived. I recommend they consider the book “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty” reviewed in your May 6 edition.
Modified: 05/25/12 12:35:47 PMI was alarmed to read (“Utility rate hike foes gird for fight,” May 16) that Progress Energy and Duke Energy might again try to get the General Assembly to give them the power to raise our electricity rates now, in order to have funds for building nuclear power plants at some point in the future.
Modified: 05/25/12 12:36:47 PMRegarding the May 22 article “Airlines adding fee for window, aisle seats”:
Modified: 05/25/12 12:36:47 PMIt never ceases to amaze me that you run stories and letters that do not contain complete thought. For example, a recent letter talked about the high cost of care in this country. Nowhere does it address the fact that in Europe, Asia and Africa greasy fast food restaurants are not on every corner as in the United States. Don’t you think diet might have something to do with health care costs? Also, the sue-happy patients who have forced doctors to run multiple tests just to protect themselves. Once again, not so in most other countries.
Modified: 05/25/12 12:38:47 PMRegarding the May 23 article "Wind farm could harm the state's bald eagle population": Ten active American Bald Eagle nests within the vicinity of the proposed Pantego wind farm is not a "fluke." Invenergy must apply for an eagle take (kill) permit; otherwise, the take will be unlawful and intentional.
Modified: 05/27/12 02:40:34 PM
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