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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Write to make a difference.
Your pen is your power!
See a Few Terrific Examples Here:
from the Austin American Statesman
Our own Huddle member Deborah Beck recently had an opinion piece published in "The Austin American-Statesman". It was so good, Representative Lloyd Doggett shared it on Facebook!
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Check it out here..
https://statesman-tx.newsmemory.com/?publink=019a754fb_134f9ac
May 14, 2025
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To the Editor:
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Re “For Trump, the Constitution Is a Hindrance as He Pushes for Deportations” (White House Memo, nytimes.com, May 5):
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I have a suggestion for responding to President Trump’s stated ignorance of his obligation to defend the U.S. Constitution despite swearing an oath of office less than four months ago to do just that.
In my introductory courses, students are required to take a quiz on the syllabus before they can get access to course readings or homework assignments. The quiz is open book, and students can take it as many times as they want, but they must score 100 percent before they are permitted to get to the course content. This quiz is an effective way to avoid situations in which students do not follow course rules because they do not know what they are.
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Evidently President Trump needs a syllabus quiz on the Constitution before being granted access to the U.S. legal system. If Chief Justice John Roberts is busy, any first-year law student could devise and administer such a quiz.
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Deborah Beck
Austin, Texas
The writer teaches mythology, Latin and ancient Greek at the University of Texas at Austin.
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May 21, 2022
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The Republican agenda, it seems, is to block Dems from progress
On May 15, The American-Statesman published a letter to the editor in which the writer blamed the Democrats for not doing what they have promised and what the majority of Americans want. He asked, "When will they ever learn?"
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It was curious to me that he neglected to state the obvious. The Republicans stop nearly everything the Democrats propose even though they are in the minority.
It seems that the Republicans have no other agenda but to stop the Democrats, and the country, from progressing. This includes tax fairness, voting rights, gun background checks and many other important areas. They are the party of no!
The answer, however, is in us. We need to use our strong majority to elect a strong majority of Democrats. That would be progress.
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Kent Johnson, Austin
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May 2, 2022
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Flat tires and spoiled produce: Abbott's costly campaign stunt
Has Gov. Abbott resorted to blackmail in his bid for reelection?
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He clogged up the border bridges by taking commercial traffic hostage with a redundant inspection at untold cost to our businesses, truckers, supply chains and our reputation.
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The result? No drugs and no people were found being smuggled. Just flat tires and a bunch of rotten produce.
An expensive campaign stunt and we Texans are paying the bill.
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Annie Compton, Austin
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