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Letters

On 'Stormy shaming'

The media shames most anyone who is not in the establishment media (and corporate) class. The media's shaming effect is more widespread and overt than you realize.
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Perp walk

Comrade Orange equates his problems, his dilemmas and his bulging portfolio of serial wrongdoings with our country's best interests.
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His fault

Secretary of State Martin caused his own problem. This was bad planning and timing on his part. Being disrespectful to Judge Gray and the courts was a dumb thing for him to do. Martin needs to be a man and stop blaming others for his mistakes.

Dealing with 'disturbances'

I recently attended the March meeting of the Little Rock School District Community Advisory Board, where a plan was discussed for arming current security personnel working for the school district.
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Draft coming

President Trump has just signed a budget that gives many millions of additional dollars to the military. At the same time, he is reloading his Cabinet with chicken hawks — people who were chicken when it was their turn to step up to the plate, but who are just itching for a fight now: Dick Cheney wannabees.

The walkout

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One-size-fits-all FMLA is unrealistic

Five years ago, I worked at a bank to put myself through college. I was simultaneously caring for my terminally ill father. He was diagnosed my freshman year, and he nearly survived up to his goal: to see me graduate.

Pass red flag laws

As a parent and teacher, I write to argue against President Trump's assertion, implicitly supported by Governor Hutchinson, that arming teachers would improve safety in our schools. Following the tragedy in Parkland, American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association oppose allowing nonsafety personnel to carry guns in schools.
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Some thoughts on school shootings

Arm teachers and other school employees? Bad idea. They have more than enough to do as it is.

More of the same

There have been far more serious offenses perpetrated by adult staff against juvenile resident than what was detailed here ... regardless, these facilities and programs should have never been allowed to degrade to these conditions in the first place.
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On the value of art

I have a cousin who majored in dance. He flies Vipers for the Marines.

Real reform

The majority of the prison population in Arkansas consists of returning parole violators, and, moreover, almost half of released prisoners return within three years.

Hypocrisy

The SHOT Show (Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade) recently took place in Las Vegas, despite the fact that 58 people were murdered and 851 were injured in a mass shooting there mere months ago. It seems in poor taste.

Cotton rotten

I find Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) to be disingenuous in his denial of President Trump's racist remarks on the DACA program. Don't cover up Trump's ignorance and disdain for non-white immigrants. Cotton lied to protect the president.

On last week's cover story, " 'Protect and serve' vs. 'patrol and control' in Little Rock"

Fact of the matter is murders have dramatically decreased after this past summer's spike and the increased patrols coincide with the drop. Fact of the matter is, if you see a patrol car is close by, the odds of you breaking in that car, house, etc. go down.

Owning it

Dan Aykroyd said of John Belushi, "He was a good man, but he was a bad boy." I think we can say the same for Al Franken.

Again

President Reagan used to say, "There you go again," so here we go again.

An open letter on taxes

Dear senators and congressmen: I am writing to say that this tax cut for the rich and screwing the middle class is immoral.

NOT ME!

I never groped a woman or did any of those other things that are flashing across the news outlets every day.  True enough, I never had a "real" job, at least not one in an office environment, but the idea of invading a person's privacy in such a manner is just foreign to me.  I mean, it's not like I'm constantly fighting off the urge to grope, like an alcoholic fighting off the urge to knock back a bottle of Schnapps.

Lesson

One would think that the Arkansas Times, if it truly wanted to represent a cross-section of opinion in the Natural State, would rely less on its small cadre of paying internet customers and more on those who write from outside such a narrow base in publishing its letters to the editor.
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