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Dan Rodricks commentary, "Pro-immigrant is pro-business" (Oct. 17) should have been, "Pro-legal immigrant is pro-business. " Mr. Rodricks' article was in rebuttal to Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s comments during his recent debate. In quoting Mr. Ehrlich several times, Mr. Rodricks, in his quest to undermine and misconstrue, conveniently omitted the word "illegal" when referring to "immigrants. " Apparently, Mr. Rodricks agrees with Gov. Martin O'Malley that "illegal" immigrants should be called "new Americans.

Apparently all the " talking back" I've done in past years has been of little consequence. Could The Sun be any more obvious in their partisan reporting of insider trading perpetrated by members of Congress ("Keeping Congress clean," Nov. 28)? The Sun mentioned one congressman, Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus, as benefiting from insider information and noted that he "pocketed a tidy $5,000 profit" when he sold his options. Well, thanks, Sun, for the best laugh of the day. You conveniently "forgot" to mention any Democrats, and especially former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who apparently garnered many, many more dollars than Mr. Bachus did from insider trading.

From: Deborah D. KendigChairmanBoard of EducationHoward CountyIn the July 28 edition of the Howard County Sun, the reporter omitted several critical and important facts from the story, "School board draws fire by voting to letofficials investigate abuse," by Erik Nelson.(1) The board adopted the Child Abuse Policy by a vote of 5-0.(2) The adopted policywas the third version presented to the board, and it encompassed most of the changes originally sought by Dr. Campbell.(3) Many hoursof discussion between Dr. James McGowan, associate superintendent, and the State's Attorney's Office, the Police Department and the Department of Social Services have gone into this revision.

Drunken-driving charges filed against a veteran Anne Arundel County prosecutor last month never have appeared on the District Court file on the case, a problem a court administrator attributed yesterday to "clerical error."Meanwhile, State's Attorney Frank R. Weathersbee said Gerald K. Anders, one of his two top deputies, would be prosecuted on the drunken-driving charge."We're trying to get to the bottom of how this happened," Mr. Weathersbee said.Mr. Anders, 51, was charged by Annapolis police with driving under the influence of alcohol, negligent driving and failure to yield after an accident July 27 at Rowe Boulevard and Taylor Avenue.

Conspicuously missing from Parris N. Glendening's new, million-dollar TV ad blitz is reference to the Democratic gubernatorial front-runner's experience as a "police commissioner."One of the two ads now appearing on televisions near you is a shortened version of an earlier "You'll love Parris" spot in which the Prince George's County executive is shown with a group of police officers.But there is no mention of his tenure as a Hyattsville city councilman who oversaw the 20-officer police department as a "commissioner" -- a term critics say suggested that Mr. Glendening was a crime fighter instead of just a pencil-pusher.

Less than a month ago, Maryland's Department of Natural Resources announced sweeping changes in regulations for recreational and commercial crabbers.It was obvious to many that some of the proposals would not benefit Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population. Ironically, the main reason the regulations were changed was to stem the species decline.The regulations required recreational crabbers to be licensed by either purchasing a $10 recreational crabbing license ($20 for non-residents) or a regular Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing License.

On Sunday, The Sun profiled the top two Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate with articles beginning on the front page and continuing for another entire page in the middle of the section ("Same race, different starting points," Aug. 27). I began reading with interest but was disappointed by the end. The candidates' lives were profiled in depth. However, the reporting on their stands on the issues was limited to a few lines, and information on environmental issues was missing. The Sun's profiles also failed to report on the biggest issue of our time and a defining problem for generations to come: How will the federal government address global warming?

RICHMOND, Va. - Gov. Bob McDonnell on Wednesday conceded a "major omission" for not noting slavery in declaring April Confederate History Month in Virginia. As part of his apology, McDonnell inserted into the proclamation a paragraph condemning slavery as "evil and inhumane" and blaming it as the cause of the Civil War. In a 400-word statement his office issued, McDonnell said the failure to include a slavery reference was a mistake. On Tuesday, McDonnell said in a telephone news conference that he wasn't focused on slavery in drafting the decree but on Civil War history.

THE MAN WHO WAS LATE.Louis Begley.Knopf.240 pages. $21.Louis Begley's first novel, "Wartime Lies," told the harrowing story of the Jewish boy Maciek and his Aunt Tania who, through intelligence, courage and carefully dispensed cash, managed to survive by passing as Christians in Poland during World War II. For his new novel, Mr. Begley has chosen a very different setting and subject: the well-born, moneyed elite of New York and Paris during the late 1960s...

Tom Peterson stretched comfortably across an examining table at the Centre for Traditional Acupuncture in Columbia, thin needles sticking out like quills from his forehead, feet, hands and bare chest.It was just a "checkup," said the 62-year-old Baltimore resident, who started acupuncture years ago to treat chronic hay fever. "I still have it, but it is much milder."Although tens of millions of Americans like Mr. Peterson have turned to acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists and other practitioners of alternative medicine, they would not get any encouragement from President Clinton's health reform legislation.