a couple of good letters today, actually more than 2....

Letters To The Editor:
David Yepsen's Dec. 19 column, "Welcome Pro-life Democrats," praises some in the Democratic Party for wanting to embrace pro-life candidates. Meanwhile, the blatantly anti-life American foreign policy - a policy developed and maintained by men and women from BOTH parties - remains free of any criticism.

It seems pretty hypocritical to me, but I bet there are plenty of so-called pro-lifers out there who are also - thanks to convenient rationalizations to clear their consciences - vehemently pro-war.

Perhaps this is the type of sanctimoniousness Voltaire had in mind when he quipped: "It is forbidden to kill; therefore, all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
-Steve Hosch,
Gilbert.


"This lifelong Democrat will welcome pro-lifers into our party when the Republicans welcome pro-choicers into theirs.
-Ira Lacher,
Des Moines."