Re: "I'm proud to be a Democrat," by Michael Amonett, Monday Letters. Amonett failed to mention that President Barack Obama has not figured out a way to pay for his health care plan without income redistribution and that he has...
The Bill Clinton-North Korea panoply started me thinking. Though I'm Republican, given a choice between what we now have and Bill Clinton, Bill can move back into the White House today and take all his girlfriends with him. David Perdue,...
President Barack Obama has made health care for American citizens a priority rather than bullying the world. Former President Jimmy Carter and his Carter Institute spend time trying to promote democracy in fledgling nations rather than playing golf. And former...
Re: "Pawns of the North? - Bill Clinton's trip to North Korea was a mistake, a propaganda victory for Kim Jong Il, says John Bolton," Thursday Viewpoints, and, "Producer provided trip home Dow Chemical, CEO also instrumental in surprise rescue...
Every week, we poll the members of the editorial board on a timely and divisive topic. This week, we'll discuss Bill Clinton's successful trip to North Korea to secure the release of Americans Euna Lee and Laura Ling. The question...
Re: "Words Will Never Hurt Me," by Ken Aten, Wednesday Letters If Kim Jong Il is all talk, then why is the Obama administration trying so hard to curtail North Korea's funding and stop its nuclear proliferation? Indeed, Kim is...
Re: "North Korea the real threat," by Robert Kimball, Sunday Letters. Kimball calls North Korea the real threat. Most people know that the bully who talks the most and the loudest is really the one who is afraid. Let them...
It occurred to me that simply observing the civil disobedience in Iran and North Korea's pointed threats against the U.S. is not an acceptable course of action. Thomas Paine and Winston Churchill would recognize that the loss of liberty is...
Re: "Why Obama is hesitant to see Ahmadinejad go -- President wants to win him over on his own terms, says Mark Davis," Wednesday Viewpoints. Isn't it amazing that Davis has a direct line into President Barack Obama's brain? If...
Re: "N. Korea presents big test for Obama -- After tough talk, no clear option visible for preoccupied president," Tuesday news story. North Korea doesn't seem to have enough intellect to create a nuclear weapon and a missile delivery system....
Re: "Not the time to cut defense," by Warren D. Caldwell, Monday Letters. As Iran seeks nuclear weapons and North Korea recently fired a missile, "the Obama administration responds by cutting defense spending," writes Caldwell. Actually, President Barack Obama's proposed...
Re: "Obama's G-20 Scorecard -- How he fared on stimulus, troops and sanctions," Tuesday Editorials. To state that President Barack Obama was "dramatically boosting his prospects of eventual success" by employing a "patient, consultative approach" is a positive way of...
Tom Schieffer of Fort Worth served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan in the second Bush term. North Korea was a major issue during his tenure, so we put some questions to him after news reports surfaced about North Korea...
Re: "North Korea fires rocket -- U.S., other nations say launch is missile test, not space program," Sunday news story. I read the joke on the front page of The Dallas Morning News about the U.N. Security Council calling an...
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