Animal welfare laws are being violated
It’s difficult to share in the nostalgia for Charles River Laboratories that is expressed by Kenneth Pickren, who used to conduct animal experimentation for them and hopes to do so again, “Farmer hopes to get back into animal-research biz” (Telegram & Gazette, Jan. 26).
Refer to an American just as an American
With the election of our new president, I for one think it would be a good time to stop referring to an American as anything but an American.
Obama cartoon looked like O.J.
Cartoonist David Hitch needs to work on his Obama. The cartoon (Telegram & Gazette, Jan. 21) looked a lot more like O.J. Simpson than the 44th president.
The chief justice’s slip-up is showing
Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts slipped on the oath of presidential office. We all know what happened the first time around.
President wrong to fund abortion
It seems that although we’re in a financial crisis, our new president chose, on his third day in office, to increase spending on abortions, both at home and overseas, on our dime. Oops, I mean our soon-to-be-borrowed dime. I was full of happy tears at his inauguration, and now I’m full of sorrowful tears for [...]
The unborn need to be safeguarded
Pope John Paul II stated that America’s survival depended on how it defended the most innocent and vulnerable of society – the unborn.
Offshore gusts
You can’t chart its progress on the Weather Channel, perhaps, but the forecast for Cape Wind – the nation’s first offshore wind farm – is for a broad front of support from government reports, along with continuing gusts of opposition from scattered local politicians.
Court asked to save dog from death sentence
LEOMINSTER – Leo J. Montagna, owner of 1-year-old Alaskan malamute Sunny, will know in two weeks if his efforts to save his companion’s life were successful.
Part-time officer pleads not guilty
HOLDEN – A part-time police officer has been suspended after he allegedly assaulted a woman at a Worcester bar early yesterday morning.
Unitil gets it in writing after hearing on peeves
FITCHBURG – Unitil has been notified by the state Department of Public Utilities it must “immediately provide” information on possible threats to public safety based on testimony given at the DPU’s public hearing here Tuesday.
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