A closer look

In your Nov. 16 article on magnet versus neighborhood schools, you referred to comments made by blogger and school board critic Jennifer Mansfield.
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Too much on race

Just take this reported observation in your Nov.
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Good and bad

Recently U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge and Gov.
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Regarding the Nov. 20 article "Blunt doctor gets in trouble": I found the article rather humorous. Come on, people, this so-called politically correct attitude is getting out of hand.
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Disturbing rally

I'm a Latina who was a curious bystander during the protest at the Capitol on Saturday (Nov. 15 article, "Conservatives rally in Raleigh"), and it felt like the whole thing was against Latinos and Hispanics in the United States.
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Give him a medal

Dr. Earl Sunderhaus should be getting a commendation for telling the truth ("Blunt doctor gets in trouble," news story, Nov. 20). If a patient does not want a doctor to tell her she is fat, she ought to lose weight! There is no right to not be offended.
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A better deal

The writer of the Nov. 14 People's Forum letter captioned "Involuntary speech" did not see anything honorable in Bob Hall's Nov.
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Leg it to school

As we begin a conversation on community schools, I would encourage the Wake County school board to also consider the infrastructure necessary to allow our kids access to these community schools by walking or biking.
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Fair funding

Objections to public funding of political candidates typically rely on the specious claim that it will force individual taxpayers to provide financial support to candidates they don't agree with.
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Safe passage

Not long ago I was on a business trip in Columbia, S.C. My hotel was on one side of a busy street and restaurants were on the other.
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No sale, South Carolina

Tom Dorsel advocates the union of North Carolina and South Carolina into one state, called Carolina (Point of View article, Nov. 14).
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A danger spot

Regarding recent letters on pedestrian safety, our concern was and still is the intersection of Longstreet Drive and Bent Creek Drive in Raleigh.
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Healthy school meals

As a graduate student in public health, I am concerned with the obesity epidemic in North Carolina.
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Home-grown jobs

Jesse White's Nov. 11 Point of View article made an excellent argument for home-grown industry creating jobs. The president of the N.C. Economic Developers Association's response (People's Forum letter, Nov.
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Winning at home

The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 because the Taliban were harboring al-Qaida operatives. Now al-Qaida operatives are said to be in many world locations. So far, we've spent $223 billion in this fight with ever-increasing casualties.
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Masters of war

I get both sad and angry when I see the various columnists, politicians and ex-politicians say it is worth a try and we should send 30,000 or 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
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Important things

Statistics show hunger is up in the United States. If we cannot feed our people, it is time to re-evaluate our priorities.
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Respect for atheists

In the Nov. 5 "God Squad" column, Marc Gellman responded to a question about appropriate ways to interact with those of different faiths. He sensibly advocated sensitivity to the beliefs of others.
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Scoping inflated costs

Isn't it time for us to start asking medical providers how they calculate the prices they charge for their services? Is it not right for us to know the make-up of the charges - how much of a particular charge is overhead, labor, profit, etc.?
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