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LETTER: American needs universal health care. Put it on the ballot
Gil Eisner Las Vegas
May 29, 2020 - 9:00 pm
 

Thanks for your Monday editorial, “Honoring those who died to defend our freedoms.” I suggest a corollary opinion headlined “Honoring those 100,000 who died when ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’ were lost due to intentional political ignorance.”

These folks didn’t die in a formal war. But their numbers are approaching all those who did die in the wars for democracy: Korea, Vietnam, Beirut, Grenada, Panama, Persian Gulf, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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LETTER: American needs universal health care. Put it on the ballot
Judith A. Buay Pahrump

Universal health care has been debated in the US for more than 40 years, but it is never voted on because both parties accept campaign donations from the for-profit insurance companies to maintain the status quo.

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Drew Hyde Henderson

“The Andy Griffith Show” is replayed daily and truly represents classic American television.

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LETTER: The folly of road rage
Jack Oliver Las Vegas

I love the concept of road rage, where two or more drivers yell at each other, showing how dumb they are, usually while driving at a high speed.

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