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3 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? subscribe | newsletter | deals Home News Latest Stories Work continues on former fountain site Mushrooms best the Novelists Missing Ashland teen Hannah Thomas-Garner possibly seen in Florida, police say One arrested, one at large after Ashland assault Police Reports Education Mushrooms best the Novelists Reading for sport builds mental muscles Hands-on lessons about art, food and teamwork Middle school to sell discounted books AHS Principal Zundel up for national award Environment Controlled burn planned for Ashland watershed on Friday Mt. 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Dr. Jeff Hersh: Breathe easy - all about lung function Health Watch: Health improvements you can make today that will pay off for a lifetime Community Blog: Three Modes of Being Aging Happens Inner Peace Column Inner Peace Blog Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » Obituaries Photos Videos Blogs Business Business Services NEWS NOW Missing Ashland teen Hannah Thomas-Garner possibly seen in Florida, police say ... One arrested, one at large after Ashland assault ... Calendar: Saturday, Feb. 21 ... Missing Ashland teen Hannah Thomas-Garner possibly seen in Florida, police say ... One arrested, one at large after Ashland assault ... Calendar: Saturday, Feb. 21 ... Feb. 18: Letters to the editor DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Feb. 18, 2015 @ 12:01 am Updated Feb 18, 2015 at 10:27 AM Posted Feb. 18, 2015 @ 12:01 am Updated Feb 18, 2015 at 10:27 AM --> Write a letter Would you like to express your opinion on some topic of local, regional, national or international importance? It's easy: Send your letter to us by email to tidingsopinion@dail... » Read more X Write a letter Would you like to express your opinion on some topic of local, regional, national or international importance? It's easy: Send your letter to us by email to [email protected] or go to our website at www.dailytidings.com/sendletter , where you'll find an easy-to-use form for sending your letter.  » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2324,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Sounds simple I don't understand why the parents of the children with immunizations are worried. Their children won't get the disease because they've been immunized. The parents whose children didn't receive immunizations made a choice. Sounds simple to me. William Knight, Ashland Let him walk away Stop the investigation into former Gov. Kitzhaber's dealings immediately. There is no need to spend one more precious Oregonian dollar on this issue. He has resigned. It's over. He will never face prosecution, no matter what might have been found. He will walk away, and we should let him. Why throw good money after bad? All the investigation will do will be to teach future scofflaws how to close their internal holes a little better. Is this an appropriate use of taxpayer money? Closing the barn door after the horse sold out to the other jockey? Whatever ethical violations were committed, nothing changes. Nothing will change. Power brokers will always peddle themselves to the highest bidder and the rest of us look the other way. At least this time, we can demand that the bill not be run up any further. Stop the investigation, throw Kitz a fabulous farewell party on public dimes and let's move on. Melanie Barniskis, Phoenix Kindness and humor I volunteer weekly in a first grade classroom at Helman School. To develop their writing skills, the children are encouraged to write short letters to each other and send them via the school's "post office." I helped one 6-year-old with her spelling. Her letter warmed my heart: "Dear N. You are so kind to me. You make me laugh. From your friend, M." I hope most of us would deserve such a sweet missive. Kindness and humor — humanity's best assets. Trish West, Ashland Knee-jerk suggestion Maynard Telpner's customary rant against Peace House in today's Daily Tidings goes so far off the rails so fast, that it's almost pointless to correct his assertions. From goodness knows what reading, he charges Herb Rothschild Jr. with painting "a very positive picture of Iran" in his Feb. 7 column and with continuing "his war against Israel and Netanyahu." Then, he signs off. It goes without saying that the roots of terrorism were deepened by the accession to power of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. But in fact, the bulk of Rothschild's piece dealt with a surgically precise discussion of the political and scientific problems of uranium enrichment. The context of his discussion was, of course, the vagaries of current diplomatic negotiations with/sanctions against Iran. That context has become blurred and compromised by Netanyahu's unprecedented breach of protocol, insult to the American presidency, and his impending address to the U.S. Congress. Anyone with an appetite for a war of words can find plenty of sparks in today's political commentators of all stripes in Israel who question Netanyahu's wisdom and motives ("cheap electoral trick"): Isaac Herzog, Tzipi Livni, Zehava Gal-On, Yair Lapid, et al. Knee-jerk suggestions of anti-Semitism always needlessly complicate discussion with and about our most important and occasionally troubling ally in the Middle East. And that's tragic. 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