Grover Norquist has reiterated his contention that he has no power to release members of Congress from their promise not to raise taxes. He says that the pledge is to the American people.
Well, I am one of the Americans whom he is talking about. I release the members of Congress from the most idiotic pledge any lawmaker has ever made.
Ike Semaya, Miami
Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, the Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with the news that the war had ended and freed all remaining slaves. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation — which had become official on Jan. 1, 1863.
Re the June 16 story Miami couple saddened after bee hive destroyed: It must have been a slow news day for the Miami Herald. This article took up two-thirds of a page in the newspaper’s local section.
An experienced bee keeper could have moved the beehive to a less troublesome location; perhaps on the couple’s property where they could continue to enjoy the bees and the bees could continue to do their good work.
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