Another Strib Letter 
Taking an irresponsible break from my studying, I caught an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: "RNC charges fall by the wayside: only about 15 percent of 800 arrests will be charged"
There's a lot wrong with that article. First, "only" 15 percent of 800 people is 120 people. That's not "only."
Second, the online article does not allow comments. Mind you, comments are allowed for 99% of the articles on the Star Tribune. A teen is mauled by a tiger, comments are allowed. A man kills himself for no apparent reason during a traffic stop: comments are allowed. But the First Amendment is methodically and systematically violated right in our own streets? Comments not allowed.
So I turned to a letter to the editor, in order that maybe one comment, somewhere, might be permitted.
We'll see if they publish it. Yet another letter describing Obama as a "socialist" might sell more ad space.
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