Letters to the Editor from The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Coachella Valley http://www.mydesert.com en-us Copyright 2013, mydesert SaxoTech Online Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:52:46 -0700 15 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130619/OPINION02/306190020 It is absolutely amazing to me that some Republicans and a number of Democrats, as well as some of the populous, believe that the NSA's secret program that is subverting the Constitution by capturing all of Americans phone conversations and email activity is a good idea. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:39:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130619/OPINION02/306190020 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130619/OPINION02/306190019 Regarding the letter about the frogs being freed, on the contrary, I found it so beautiful and refreshing. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:38:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130619/OPINION02/306190019 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130619/OPINION02/306190017 Unfortunately, Ms. Losi's letter is indicative of the attitude of many of her contemporaries. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:33:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130619/OPINION02/306190017 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130619/OPINION02/306190016 Why are we not using tents, like Arizona to house our criminals? Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130619/OPINION02/306190016 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130618/OPINION02/306180028 Presidential Estates Homeowner's Association approved the trapping and killing of a mother coyote and her pups. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:09:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130618/OPINION02/306180028 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130618/OPINION02/306180027 In reading the June 12 article about the upcoming Bush event at the Morongo Casino, it left my head shaking in disbelief. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:08:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130618/OPINION02/306180027 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/OPINION02/306170021 Re: 'Team frees frogs in bid to save most-endangered amphibian,' Ian James, June 13. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:35:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/OPINION02/306170021 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/OPINION02/306170020 Our generation is not doing a great job raising kids these days. They seem to very apathetic towards many things including rules that govern society. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:30:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/OPINION02/306170020 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/OPINION02/306170019 A lot of us baby boomers, stubborn seniors or just plain 'old folks, have, as I did, refused to learn the magic of the computer. However, after the continued insistence of my grand-daughters I broke down. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:29:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/OPINION02/306170019 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/OPINION02/306170018 Time Magazine brings more documentation that vegetarians live longer than their meat-chomping friends. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:28:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130617/OPINION02/306170018 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150016 The plan of the Presidential Estates HOA to lethally trap a litter of coyotes while nurturing a colony of feral cats displays a level of inhumanity and ignorance beyond my capacity to address in 200 words. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:19:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150016 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150015 After spending an evening in Eisenhower emergency in Rancho Mirage, I can see why the costs for medical care are out of control. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:18:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150015 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150014 As a medical doctor with many thousands of hours of training, as well as many years of experience in the practice of psychiatry, I have the ability to diagnose and treat conditions that a nurse practitioner might miss. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:17:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150014 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150013 When a city council chooses to give our tax dollars to a private individual so that they can fly around in a private jet with their entourage, is this fiscal responsibility? Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:16:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150013 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150012 I have to strongly agree with Russell Aston's letter (Which laws to break) in which he questions why it is becoming not only commonplace but acceptable to illegally enter the USA and have no consequences for this action. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:15:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150012 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150011 With all the focus on National Security Agency 'spying,' we need to start talking about our expectations of 100 percent protection from terror - both at home and abroad. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:59:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150011 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150010 Recently, 23 students from Bubbling Wells Elementary earned a field trip to Barnes & Noble and Richie's Diner in Palm Desert for achieving their reading goal. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:58:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150010 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150006 During the presidential visit here in the desert on Friday night, they had the estate dinner catered by Bobby Flay. He is a great chef, we all know. But it is kind of a slap of the face for the chefs here in the desert who could of done just as well as Bobby Flay. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:53:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150006 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150008 Congratulations on breaking new journalistic ground. In my 65 years of reading newspapers, I have never seen dirty dishes as a front page headline. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:48:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150008 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150007 In your paper of June 11, 2013 you proudly showed on page 1, top news of the world, the empty plate of the president, after having enjoyed a filet mignon prepared by Eric Wadlund. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:48:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130615/OPINION02/306150007