Letter from Marianne Dugan
Politics – January 2007 – Colorado Central Magazine
Dear Sir or Madam:
OK, so the Democrats won, more or less. What the public said, loud and clear, is that they don’t like the direction in which we’re going. Some voted on corruption, some on the war in Iraq, a few, we hope, even voted on whether the President of the U.S. can anoint himself king. But on past performance a Democratic congress isn’t likely to come up with new directions.
Letter from Marianne Dugan
Immigration – July 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine
Editors,
Calling immigrants from south of the border “illegal aliens” is too Roswellian for me. How about using a more descriptive term, like economic refugees. This might serve to remind the more mean-spirited among us that refugees have other, more pressing concerns than regional borders.
Letter from Marianne Dugan
Economy – August 2004 – Colorado Central Magazine
Editors:
I have long thought that our approach to wages is all wrong, an opinion greatly stimulated by the enormous recompense given to CEOs, and the notion that they somehow deserve their obscene pay.
Letter from Marianne Dugan
Iraq – August 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine
Editors:
No one can claim that Saddam Hussein wasn’t a horrible man, but his (presumed — even that is now in doubt) removal leaves two questions unanswered:
Letter from Marianne Dugan
Terrorism – February 2002 – Colorado Central Magazine
Dear Editors:
RE: “Wallah!” And here I thought it was for humor. You know, as in, “real Westerners don’t use French.”
RE: The USPS. For the last two years my November issue of Colorado Central hasn’t arrived until mid-December (15th and 13th respectively), so your Maine subscribers probably receive November and December together. I don’t know why the postal service finds November so difficult, but suspect the catalogue overload is involved.