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What's on the box: Addams Family
What, in the name of all that is sane, was the Letters editor thinking? Eight pages of letters! 
This after months of barely a page. Nice. 
There were many letters on the articles about gun control, none of which were too vehemently one way or the other, but all of which were just rehashes of what's been said for years on the subject.
Scott E. Carter pointed out some very important points about the limitations of Hillary Clinton's so-called experience. Very little of the 35 years of experience she claims has anything to do with the kinds of things a president needs to succeed. At least not in America. She's pretty well set up for the type of figurehead president that Russia is about to install, though. 
Edwin H. Beus writes about the very things I was thinking about when reading the article about artificial lights causing breast cancer. A lot of the studies that are reported on in the various media seem to put confuse cause and effect or, even worse, attach a cause to an effect with little valid evidence rather than a biased hypothesis. Until I see evidence that the studies in question show that the increases in breast cancer aren't due to the dozens of other, already known, factors of development of the disease, then I will hold such reports in a negative light, if not downright contempt.
While I condone Mike McKinnon's point about the president being out of touch, I don't agree with his promotion of alcoholism in the pursuit of political thinking.
William D. Littell, wrote that the money spent on wolves would have been better spent on healthcare for humans because North America already has plenty of predators. He is obviously of the school that says that biodiversity is a sin when it inconveniences people. Quite ironic when you know this hypocrite has to be highly religious and therefore should be embracing all of god's creatures, not just the ones who can read his close-minded letter.
Ralph Capotosto's suggestion that we lie to illegal immigrants with signs saying, "We Have No Work for You, Go Home" is not only politically naive, but also morally repugnant. We obviously don't even have a good definition of the immigration "problem", much less a solution, but suggesting that we should lie to people at the same time as being incredibly rude and unforgiving is simply unacceptable if we wish to keep even a modicum of dignity and decorum.