Web letter: In DC, progress vanishes with ‘business as usual'

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Ineffective parenting at root of society’s illsWe need to quit blaming the objects of tragedies.Friday

First Amendment claim arrogant, insulting, wrongThe First Amendment grants no special privilege to the press (news media). In fact, it makes no mention of the press in that sense at all.Thursday

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All suspects deserve innocence presumptionCharles Grady (Letters, May 12) takes exception to the opinion of a writer who complains about how the police violated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s rights by not reading him his Miranda rightsWednesday

I, for one, would like to have pushed a few officials off a cliff, from the White House through the halls of Congress. The fiasco of “negotiations” has certainly proven that Washington is no longer doing “business as usual” – that’s at least one promise kept! As bad as that was, it at least got some things done!

With all the talk, I don’t think I heard anything on obvious spending cuts: dealing with fraud, government waste, irrelevant projects and services and moving a lot into the private sector. That would have made a good start! That’s where we “everyday” folks start with our personal budgets. And on “transparency,” will we ever learn what hidden deals were done this time? Can we have another election? Please!

KARL A. FRINCKE Fort Wayne

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Web letter: In DC, progress vanishes with ‘business as usual’