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* I find Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz in denial when he states in his letter (NCR, Oct. 13) that 'Israel does not want to dominate its neighbors nor does it want [...]

As Joe Feuerherd reports, 'faith-based voters made all the difference for Bush.' The Catholic bishops, with their 'no Communion for Kerry' campaign, helped elect Bush again. Too bad more of [...]

* There is another prisoner besides Saddam who is in the news and must be considered: Jose Padilla. While the world celebrated the capture of Saddam, a federal appeals court [...]

* Two hundred tons of radioactive material was fired by invading U.S. forces into buildings, homes, streets and gardens all over Baghdad. The material in question is depleted uranium. Depleted [...]

* Because world attention has been focused on Saddam Hussein, no notice has been given to North Korean dictator Kim Jong II's reign of terror. The famine in his country [...]

* Your editorial 'Costs of war go deeper than money' (NCR, Sept. 8) pointed out how much has been spent on the Iraq war. Remember, too, this is borrowed money. [...]

Regarding the Perspectives article by Margot Patterson (NCR, Feb. 17): No amount of cultural insensitivity can justify riot, murder and arson. The lecture on how intolerance in Western society is [...]

* Joan Chittister's 'Spy story highlights presidential overreach' (NCR, Jan. 13) is way off base. While Clinton was 'sinning in the flesh,' his spirit was apparently not willing to deal [...]

George Bush saved a couple of turkeys from Thanksgiving death a few weeks ago. Saving two turkeys may not be a big deal, but those two turkeys got a reprieve [...]

* Robert Royal's negative portrayal of Cuba in his column 'Hurricane Hugo' (NCR, Nov. 18) is certainly not what my wife and I experienced. If you measure Cuban society by [...]

Television has been showing our country and the world the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina on the poor. There will be political repercussions in the coming days as a result [...]

Regarding 'Schiavo autopsy points up need for end-of-life discussions' by Patricia LeFevere and Robert McClory (NCR, July 1): Yes, we do need such discussions--conducted with understanding and reasonableness, especially by [...]

* Alan Rettig complains in his letter of Jan. 7 about Pat Oliphant's political cartoon of Condoleezza Rice, which NCR printed on its editorial page in its Nov. 26 edition. [...]

* Stephen Zunes (NCR, Nov. 5) downplays the importance in the mind of the Bush administration of Hamas fundraising activities in Iraq. I sincerely believe that George Bush thinks that [...]

In 2000, President Bush promised that If elected he would work to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming. Yet upon taking office, he withdrew American support from [...]

It has been stated by the Bush administration and various pundits that the reason for the 9/11 attack is because terrorists hate democracy and the United States is a democratic [...]

The torturing of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison by U.S. occupying forces has shocked the world, but for most Palestinians it comes as no surprise. In fact, tens [...]

* The United States is determined to suppress the independent Arab media. On April 8, the Americans bombed the office of the al-Jazeera television station. The United States bombed al-Jazeera [...]

As is painfully evident, the U.S. and British forces on guard duty or patrol are easy targets for Iraqi and foreign fighters. What is amazing is that even though the [...]

U.S. troops were wrong in killing Saddam's sons. That was a violation of the Geneva conventions. Their fate should have been left to the Iraqi legal system, as any civilized [...]

* Who cares if we never find weapons of mass destruction, because we've liberated the Iraqi people from a murderous tyrant? But it does matter. After all, as Bush spokesperson [...]

* Prior to the United States' invasion of Iraq, it was the Iraqi companies and their engineers that build roads and schools, ran the water and electric companies and the [...]

* The Bush administration sharply scolded Syria, alleging that it has chemical weapons and that it is harboring fleeing Iraqi leaders. It should be noted that Syria is a sovereign [...]

* When five American captured soldiers were paraded in front of the Iraqi television cameras on Sunday, Donald Rumsfeld, the U.S. secretary of defense, immediately complained that 'it is against [...]

* Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa held one of his town meetings in Maquoketa, Iowa, recently and he claimed it was the harshest he had witnessed in his recent series [...]