Letters

To the editor: In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet says: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.”

I have heard it said the name of Jesus will either make you mad or glad. God’s word says in Acts: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under Heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Why is it this name provokes so many passions? You can mention just about any other moral world leader without causing so much emotion.

To the editor: I want to share my concerns and thoughts about why I support the decision of our local and state representatives to fight the proposed increase in our home insurance rates. I do not believe weather-related storm damage is greater in coastal counties for the following reasons:

1) Over the last 16 years, we have owned three homes in both New Hanover and Brunswick counties. We did not file any claims for any kind of storm damage.

To the editor: This Madoff thing about him stealing is totally incredible and really sad. There are so many things us average Americans don’t know about the financial world. Obviously, it is a world of its own for starters.

Why couldn’t the government just keep it simple? Many of us average people will never end up like this, or have our houses taken away, or our healthcare benefits and Medicare refused or forget to file an income tax return.

To the editor: In October, the Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce hosted an informational meeting for its members concerning the N.C. International Port in Southport.

Chamber board of directors felt strongly its members should be given the opportunity to hear about the project from the N.C. State Port Authority. They agreed, and we had almost a full house at Surf Cinema to hear the information.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank those who helped with the program.