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• If crustaceans can feel pain, would you be less likely to eat lobster or crabmeat?

  Fri Mar 27, 2009
  • iffat, how do I find the link? Thanks, Susan

• Washington state to allow ‘dignity’ deaths

  Sun Mar 1, 2009
  • Your article has a major flaw. The amount of pain meds necessary to "control" the acute pain of a terminal disease often borders on overdose levels. And the patient is in the last stages of dying/living the pain is ungodly.

• Should the Army exempt mothers with young children from active service?

  Sat Feb 28, 2009
  • Soldier fathers of young children have to serve. A flag draped coffin knows no boundry.

• Octuplet's mom on food stamps, publicist says

  Tue Feb 10, 2009
  • Well I would feel very happy if you Jennifer D., started a not for profit to raise all of these children. When people choose to bring forth litters of children, with no visible means of support, they are automatically asking the government to provide for their welfare.

• 'ER' docs ready to hang up their scrubs

  Sun Sep 21, 2008
  • I have worked in health care for 30 years and have begun to develop withdrawal pains. This has been one of the most consistently well written shows since its inception. It still is as crisp and sharp as it was in the early years.

• Was Fey's 'SNL' portrayal of Palin sexist?

  Tue Sep 16, 2008
  • Jeez, the election is just months away and we are wasting our time wondering if Sarah's feelings got hurt. What are her qualifications? Where does she stand on the issues?The Republican Party is going to have to let her speak her own words and stop carefully scripting her statements.

• Palin: Iraq war 'a task that is from God'

  Wed Sep 3, 2008
  • Here in Chicago we had a huge snowstorm. Shortly thereafter we had a mayoral candidate, who actually asked us to pray to God to stop the snow. Really. Needless to say he was trampled to death and never heard from again. We can only hope for the same in this Presidential race.

• Should the media stop asking questions about Sarah Palin's background and family?

  Wed Sep 3, 2008
  • Who is she? Totally untested and unprepared for a national level job. A shameless ploy to court women voters, which I find offensive.

• Texas governor OK with gun-toting teachers

  Mon Aug 25, 2008
  • Please make an intelligent comment to this board. No teacher is going to shoot a student for missing homework. Crime in schools, drug dealing, gangs running the schools, teachers afraid for their lives and the poor students who just want to go to school and receive an education are the problems.

• Texas governor OK with gun-toting teachers

  Mon Aug 25, 2008
  • First let me say that I am a Democrat. I am also a survivor of a violent crime. Teachers today have to deal with savages disguised as students.