The Island Packet

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

True repentance requires changed life

I am writing with reference to Rabbi Brad Bloom's May 11 column. He articulates the serious, very personal process of repentance that is familiar to many people of both his tradition and my Christian faith.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

So much for Republicans and their family values

We've run the experiment. Now we know morals and family values are merely talking points for Republicans. The candidate they elected to the 1st Congressional District has neither.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Obama also breaks an old racial barrier

I want to remind everyone that President Barack Obama broke the glass ceiling much in the same way Jackie Robinson did in baseball years ago. (I am sure you all went to see and enjoyed "42.")

OTHER VOICES

Federal fish law is on the hook for black sea bass recovery

In the South Atlantic, it's time to go fish for black sea bass. Fishery managers just raised the amount that can be caught this year after news that the species has recovered from decades of overfishing.

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OPINION COLUMNISTS

Doyle McManus: The second-term scandal plague

What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more errors it makes, and the harder they are to ...

OPINION COLUMNISTS

Carl Hiaasen: IRS went after small fry, but let the big ones get away

"Please provide copies of all your current web pages, including your blog posts. Please provide copies of all your newsletters, bulletins, flyers or any other media or literature you have disseminated to your members or others. Please provide copies of stories and articles that have been published...

OPINION COLUMNISTS

Tamerlan Tsarnaev: Not just any body

If you don't believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body - potentially a teaching tool, a source of life-saving organs, but little more.

OPINION COLUMNISTS

The specter of human cloning

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, May 17:

OPINION COLUMNISTS

A federal 'shield' for reporters

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, May 17:

OPINION COLUMNISTS

Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue

If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies - including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks & Spencer and Tesco - to sign an agreement to protect ...