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Second Amendment, upon further review

To the editor: Whenever another mass shooting occurs, the sensible left renews its call for legislation to protect our citizens from gun violence by lunatics wielding weapons of mass destruction in pursuit of slaughtering innocent, unarmed, law-abiding people. Now I’m thinking that I need to avail myself of my Second Amendment right to bear arms for the actual reason that it became part of our Bill of Rights. Our forefathers in our country’s infancy thought it prudent to allow citizens to arm themselves in the face of an intrusive threat posed by a foreign invasion or government ...

The guns have come out

To the editor: When Kristy Noem stepped off the airplane and gave her speech at the Minneapolis airport yesterday, she did not offer condolences or comfort regarding the fact that a person had just died. Instead, she initiated a scathing attack on the victim, portraying her as some kind of evil monster while at the same time giving a gushing account over how wonderful the ice agent was who had killed her. Something is very, very wrong with this modern bromance between the Republican Party and the Christian church for allowing this type of behavior to continue while praising it at ...

Trump administration intimidating Minnesota

To the editor: This morning, Jan. 7, in Minneapolis, a woman driving an SUV was murdered by an ICE agent while trying to move her vehicle at the direction of another ICE agent. The shooter was off to the side of the woman’s vehicle and shot what appeared to be several shots. ICE has said that she was shot in the face. The 2,000 deployment of ICE agents and the cuts in child care funds to Minnesota and other states that didn’t vote for Trump are designed to punish us because we didn’t vote for Trump. The 2000 ICE agents in Minneapolis are there to intimidate not to enforce ...

Never forget, this was treason

To the editor: I was watching the national news when a bulletin flashed across the screen reporting a violent riot in Washington, D.C. In horror and disbelief, I watched as a mob of President Trump’s loyalists attacked the U.S. Capitol and Congress. It was reported earlier that day that Trump provoked his followers to “fight like hell” to prevent the electoral college results from being officially counted, confirming Joe Biden’s victory. Trump claimed, without supporting evidence, that the election had been stolen from him. During this attack, the mob of over 2,000 injured 140 ...

So you want to be a millionaire

To the editor: A friend suggested I could reach more people on the right if I didn’t just rail against Trump’s criminalities and cruelty and, instead, made an effort to point out some of the questionable behaviors and business dealings of the left-leaning politicians in the House and the Senate. I first balked at the notion that MAGA could be reached because they seem to be immune to reason and have been adamant not to admit to being wrong in their over-the-top zeal for the convicted felon. I did agree that I could examine the outrageous financial accumulations of Democrats and ...

Different perspective on Earth’s age

To the editor: Every year, I enjoy listening to the Christmas Martyrology being sung before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. This year, I discovered there are two versions. The traditional version says creation was 5199 years BC, and Noah’s flood was 2957 years before Christ. A newer version states; “unknown ages from the time when God created the heaven and the earth.” And, “several thousand years after the flood”. A reason given for the newer version was to avoid reinforcing a type of “biblical fundamentalism”.  Many of us try to avoid being accused of being ...