Winsted, CT

Stand Up and Be Counted! By Denise Canora, Granby      I have recently read that the symbol of Uncle Sam is not representative of respect throughout the world. This may be explained by something I witnessed while driving in East Granby after the outbreak of "war." More ... Why? By Pauline Fancher, Winsted      I am asking this question not for myself alone, but also for one who is very dear to me. More ... Peace By Tom Lamarre      Peace is what we need. War isn't the way to go! We need to negotiate. More ... The Voices of Absurdity By Gerald Sheagren, Torrington      The antiwar movement in the United States boggles my brain and starts my blood boiling! The pandering platitudes of Hollywood hemorrhoids and self-righteous academics. More ... The Same Old Budget Story By Judy Pavlak, Winsted      The yearly, same old charter revision hearing time has arrived in the Town of Winchester. The same public and, worst of all, basically the same old selectmen with their "yes sir" charter revision committee are still here. More ... Promising a Much Stronger CEA … By Matthew P. Valenti, New Hartford      I read with interest the latest letter entitled "Taxpayers Revolt" [March 21] by Winsted’s "Bored of Education" member Joe Cadrain. Once again Mr. Cadrain attacks the "powerful" teachers’ union, the Connecticut Education Association (CEA). More ... White Supremacist? By Bob Davidson, Canton      I might have been deeply offended by comments about me made by Mr. Keith Harmon Snow in his letter "Why Do They Hate Us?" [February 28]. Mr. Snow obviously was quite moved by my letter [Food for Thought, February 14] and that is why he mentions it. More ... Anti-Zionism Sometimes Is Anti-Semitism By Alan H. Stein, Waterbury      William C. Carlotti, in the latest of his anti-Israel diatribes [Yesh Gvul (There Is a Limit), March 21], seems to feel that supporters of our only real friend in the Middle East, the democratic state of Israel, are looking under rocks to find connections between attacks, verbal and otherwise, again... More ... Remembering Joseph Choate By Ursula B.G. Kilner, Salisbury      As April 15 (the day our income tax is due—the date used to be March 15, remember?) approaches we should all remember our neighbor who died in 1917, Joseph Hodges Choate, whose summer home is now a museum tour house in Stockbridge, called "Naumkeag." More ... Creating Jobs in Immigration Law By Michael T. Emmons, Longwood, FL      In his story "Imported Cheap Labor Displacing American Professionals," which appeared in The Voice on February 14, Martin Gregor hit the nail on the head. More ... It's Happening All Over the Country By Linda Evans, Matthews, NC      Thanks for publishing Martin Gregor's article [Imported Cheap Labor Displacing American Professionals, February 14]. The author is absolutely right. Americans are losing their jobs to cheaper imported labor and it is happening all over the country. More ... I Will Remember The days have come to awaken all within, Dreams about America By Paul Norton, Hartford      and the flag. More ...