There's no welfare to Israel. You're a liar. Israel and other American Allies purchase weapons on credit. That's not welfare. That's a credit sale that creates American jobs. The Israeli's have always paid their accounts on time.

Gentle Readers, On the contrary: Ms. Pavlich is correct. If taxing sugary foods reduces the output and consumption of sugary foods, then logically, taxing capital, labor and other production inputs will reduce production and consumption in the economy generally. Her point here is that increasing marginal tax rates can have unforseen adverse economic impacts. She then points out that if liberals can understand how increasing taxes reduce consuption of their disfavored products, they should understand how that affects other economic actions. She is correct. Sincerely, John Lepant Brighton CO

Dear Jack, The secession petitions are on the WhiteHouse.gov website, which is run by Obama's political operatives. They are a ' false flag ' operation. It makes Mr. MacKinnons point that the political left will use every dirty trick available and their media allies will then blame Conservatives for something Conservatives had nothing whatsoever to do with. Obama is the guy running the secession petitions. On his website. - John Lepant

( continued ) time, energy and money with this type of foolishness as there simply isn't enough work. for anyone to do at a university. Our university system is based on a 19th century model in which affluent young men were sent to campus to become ' seasoned ' and gain some knowledge. Our society simply doesn't work that way in the modern world. The best solution would be to stop pouring billions of public dollars into these 19th century anachronisms and encourage education through more pragmatic venues. Sincerely, John Lepant Brighton CO

Gentle Readers, My Dear Ms. Herzog, Your thesis is interesting, but in my opinion, far too insufficient. The 19th century model being used by modern universities is simply outdated. Today,most students are served by community colleges and proprietary schools. Increasingly, online education is becoming the norm. There's no need for anyone seeking education to waste years and thousands of dollars of unproductive time and money at a university campus. Who needs a ' spring break ' for spring planting? Only farmers, and none of them are on campus - they're at the proprietary schools or online. Who needs summer vacations? Why pay for room & board when learning can be done within an easy commute of your home? Universities waste students

Gentle Readers, Dear Mr. Boortz, Must disagree, Sir. Pres. Obama doesn't hate the rich. He is very chummy with his Harvard Alum cohorts on Wall Street, his Hollywood Plutocrat supporters and people who inherited or married money, like Arianna Huffington or John Kerry. Pre. Obama hates productive people of all types - be they blue collar workers or small business owners striving to improve their lives. Pres. Obama hates people who seek to improve their lives with hard work. He used connections and politics. He hates people who want to be rewarded on their merit and efforts, irrespective of whether they earn $30,000 or $30 million. They refute his world view and invalidate his cronyism. Sincerely, John Lepant Brighton CO

Gentle Readers, My Dear Ms. Coulter, Thank you, Ma'am. May I add: We should remove the cap from Social Security taxes. Currently it is $110,100.00 and applies only to wages and earnings of the self-employed. We should apply Social Security taxes to all types of income and eliminate the cap. If Warren Buffet wants to pay more taxes, he can pay 10.4% for the self-employed on the more than $30 billion he's earned. Sincerely, John Lepant Brighton CO

Gentle Readers, Dear Mr. Baisley, Quite agree, Sir! Thank you! Sincerely, John Lepant Brighton CO

Ethanol is an alternative to MTBE as an oxygenate for gasoline. The decision to use ethanol as a gasoline oxygenate was made by then EPA Carol Browner under Pres. Bill Clinton. Pres. Clinton and Carol Browner are both Democrats. Republicans supported the use of both ethanol and MTBE.

Don't have a cow, Man!

Property insurance should be private.