Letters http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Letters en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 MDT Thu, 23 May 2013 00:58:48 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Letters: Parents care most http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630349/Letters-Parents-care-most.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630349/Letters-Parents-care-most.html A disturbing aspect of the advent of Common Core that I have not seen yet in the media is the way it was implemented. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT Letters: Caucus fails to represent http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630351/Letters-Caucus-fails-to-represent.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630351/Letters-Caucus-fails-to-represent.html It was upsetting to see so many of my fellow delegates at the Republican convention vote to keep the status quo. The caucus... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT Letters: Dismantle IRS http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630354/Letters-Dismantle-IRS.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630354/Letters-Dismantle-IRS.html What more evidence do we need to replace the income tax with an uncomplicated, straightforward national sales tax on... ]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT Letters: Internet sales tax, the consumers' last word http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630234/Letters-Internet-sales-tax-the-consumers-last-word.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630234/Letters-Internet-sales-tax-the-consumers-last-word.html In the war of businessmen against the people, the businessmen seem to have won the battle for collecting sales tax on... ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT Letters: Move to the center http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630235/Letters-Move-to-the-center.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630235/Letters-Move-to-the-center.html Dan Liljenquist's gleeful recounting of adversity in the Obama presidency is unfortunate ("Chaffetz's search for truth in... ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT Letters: Disaster vs. disease http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630238/Letters-Disaster-vs-disease.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630238/Letters-Disaster-vs-disease.html Everyone expects the government to step in and help the victims of this most recent tornado as it has in the other recent... ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT Letters: The buck stops here http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630110/Letters-The-buck-stops-here.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630110/Letters-The-buck-stops-here.html Hearing of the administration's recent scandals, it's refreshing to remember President Truman who kept a placard on his desk... ]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT Letters: IRS corruption http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630112/Letters-IRS-corruption.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630112/Letters-IRS-corruption.html Recent revelations about the corruptibility of the IRS targeting people who had the audacity to believe in the U.S. Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT Letters: Government, health care http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630114/Letters-Government-health-care.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630114/Letters-Government-health-care.html Lew Jeppson stops short of the conclusion he should have drawn ("The real death panel," May 18). Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT Letters: Beware of the slippery slope http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630116/Letters-Beware-of-the-slippery-slope.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630116/Letters-Beware-of-the-slippery-slope.html Was it irony or poetry that resulted in Hyrum Anderson's letter "Gun logical fallacies" being placed on the page adjacent to... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 MDT