Marci Palla, you’re my favorite. I think it is a testament to the quality of our newspaper (and by extension our journalism department) that we can have a writer (who can’t spell) such as yourself writing a weekly column about words! For instance, most people would have (correctly) spelled last week’s word as “résumé,” but not you! Now, it may trouble you to know that Wikipedia and dictionary.

Josh falsely asserts that protesting rockets fired into Israel “would have done no good” since the United States does not support Israel as it does the Palestinians. The U.S. has actually given millions in aid to the Palestinians. The U.S. and other organizations have legitimately refused to deal with Hamas ruled Gaza because Hamas will not agree to halt terror, recognize Israel and abide by past agreements.

Me, age 12, speaking sternly to my best friend Carly: “Have you accepted Jesus into your heart?” Carly, now sporting a semi-confused expression instead of her usual jovial face: “Umm, no I don’t think so.” Me, extremely pretentiously: “Well you need to, or else you’re going to hell.

Marlize, you are absolutely right. The thesis became clear to me about halfway through the article (published yesterday): all politicians are corrupt, some more than others. Ultimately, all politicians are corrupt to some extent. The ones that were funded the least, however, have less favors to hand out upon reaching the White House.

One of the main criticisms of Israel is the myth that Jews stole the land from the Palestinians. Never mind that there was no official nation called Palestine before Israel declared independence in 1948. Never mind that there were Jews living in the region far before the great migration after the holocaust, or that much of the land was bought by Jews since 1880.