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Letters to the Editor

  • Top Letters to the Editor
  1. Letter: Front page blasted

    Re: 'Team frees frogs in bid to save most-endangered amphibian,' Ian James, June 13.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  2. Letter: Teen drivers need a license

    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.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  3. Letter: Seniors, learn the joy of computers

    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.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  4. Letter: More evidence that eating meat increases health risks

    Time Magazine brings more documentation that vegetarians live longer than their meat-chomping friends.

    • Jun. 17, 2013
  5. Students from Bubbling Wells Elementary pose by the bus for a field trip to Barnes & Noble and Richie's Diner in Palm Desert after 23 of them reached their reading goals. Courtesy photo

    Letter of the Week: Desert Hot Springs students celebrate reaching their reading goals

    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.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  6. Letter: A humane solution for coyotes

    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.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  7. Letter: Eisenhower Medical Center an example of hospital inefficiency

    After spending an evening in Eisenhower emergency in Rancho Mirage, I can see why the costs for medical care are out of control.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  8. Letter: Patient safety is paramount

    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.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  9. Letter: Why would a city spend $20,000 on Tony Robbins?

    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?

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  10. Letter: Do a crime, pay the fine or do the time

    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.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  11. Letter: We must do everything we can to keep America safe

    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.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  12. Letter: Local chefs deserved better during President Obama's visit

    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.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  13. Letter: Are dirty dishes front-page news?

    Congratulations on breaking new journalistic ground. In my 65 years of reading newspapers, I have never seen dirty dishes as a front page headline.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  14. Letter: Why are you airing President Obama's dirty plate?

    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.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  15. Letter: Military force begets military force

    Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping need to reevaluate their respective foreign policies. President Obama's deployment of military forces into China's backyard will only lead to a dangerous game of chicken.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  16. Letter: Who is starting the fires?

    There is another wildfire burning in the Banning/Beaumont area, which is no surprise for there has been one after another in that area for years.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  17. Letter: Great coverage of the summit

    As a former newspaper reporter, I think you put both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times to shame.

    • Jun. 13, 2013
  18. Letter: Sizzling summit? Try a big chill

    Political ideology aside, sometimes I wonder about the competence of the those who make decisions in Washington. And this is one of those times.

    • Jun. 12, 2013
  19. Letter: There was little rage among Sunnylands protesters

    This past weekend, your front page headline included the phrase, 'Protests rage' when describing what was happening outside Sunnylands while the meeting between the two presidents was happening.

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  20. Letter: How much did that weekend cost us?

    What was the incremental cost to the city of Rancho Mirage and to Riverside County for the president's decision to remain at Sunnyland an extra day for rounds of golf and socializing with a couple of old friends given the fact that extensive city and county security was required?

    • Jun. 11, 2013
  21. Letter: The sound of freedom is familiar and reassuring

    I felt safe Friday night.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  22. Letter: Where was Mrs. Obama?

    We are probably witnessing one of the greatest political snubs of all time. Mrs. Obama's absence from the U.S.-China summit was inexcusable.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  23. Ricardo Loretta. Courtesy

    Rotary Club steps up to help the east valley

    When I opened my Desert Sun last Sunday morning and saw your lead story I thought, what a coincidence!

    • Jun. 8, 2013
  24. Reader reactions for Sunday, June 9, 2013

    Larry Bohannan's article in The Desert Sun raises an interesting possibility for water conservation on other Coachella valley golf courses.

    • Jun. 8, 2013
  25. Letter: When disaster strikes the feds must respond

    Six Republican lawmakers voted against disaster aid for Super Storm Sandy.

    • Jun. 8, 2013
  26. Letter: When the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

    There's a line in the song 'Oklahoma!' that goes like this: 'Oklahoma, where the wind come sweepin' down the plain.'

    • Jun. 8, 2013
  27. Letter: Vietnam veteran appreciates note

    A week ago, my wife and I had gone out for dinner at a local restaurant. After dinner, we got in the car and my wife noticed an envelope under the windshield wiper on her side.

    • Jun. 8, 2013
  28. Letter: Salute to the late Dr. Ross Miller, a great surgeon

    I want to comment on Dr. Ross Miller's involvement with Robert Kennedy's death in 1968. Dr. Miller was a friend of mine.

    • Jun. 8, 2013
  29. Letter: Leave Mary Bono Mack alone

    The Coachella Valley market is still very soft and Mary Bono Mack likely cannot sell her house anytime soon.

    • Jun. 6, 2013
  30. Letter: Omission of Fox News explained

    I have read a couple of letters regarding your omission of mentioning broadcast journalists from Fox News.

    • Jun. 6, 2013

Should the Bay Bridge in San Francisco be named after former Assembly speaker Willie Brown?

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