Cape Cod Times Letters, June 5, 2015 The question of whether ISIS represents a threat to the homeland, possibly warranting some use of American military ground forces, is not an easy one. Jim Coogan’s column (“Contemporary lessons from D-Day,” June 2) does not advance an intelligent discussion. His stated ad hominem reason for opposition is…
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Robert H. Quinn; An Appreciation
Cape Cod Times column, January 17, 2014 By Brian R. Merrick Robert H. Quinn died Sunday here on the Cape at his summer home in Falmouth at age 85. Obituaries in the Cape Cod Times and other newspapers in the commonwealth general led with his sponsorship of the eponymous Quinn Bill. That signal legislation provided…
Understanding the “Watchman” Atticus
WSJ Letters, July 30, 2015 “Go Set a Watchman” does not present a different Atticus Finch from the one we all admired in “To Kill a Mockingbird” (“Don’t Mourn Atticus Finch,” by Peggy Noonan, Declarations, July 25). The devotion of “Mockingbird” Atticus is to the law, not to equality of the races. His passionate argument…
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