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Remedying failures, dark days

To the editor: Mr. Coulter’s letter regarding our country’s last 10 months successes was spot on. Mr. Nelson’s rantings against President Trump, apparently believing left-wing hate speech and lies, pertained more to the Biden Administration. We need to remedy failures and dark days of the last four years when we lived under socialism/authoritarianism, the left. Their candidates and some other members in office call themselves Democrat Socialists. Record numbers of people are enlisting in the military, having a strong President once again. ICE agents are not pursuing citizens, ...

That’s a good question

To the editor: As I basked in the feel-good aftermath of this November’s elections, I listened to the President of retribution childishly bragging about the cancellation of democratically approved projects in Blue states. It started as a threat to voters not to elect Democrats, and now I’m sure that (the) president will follow through to cut the funding for projects which would have provided a great number of jobs. For now there’s no one to prevent DJT from impetuously getting his way. But then it dawned on me. In Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, he sees to it that ...

Whose responsibility is it?

To the editor: House Representative Brad Finstad is the chair of the Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee of the US House Committee on Agriculture. This subcommittee\\\’s jurisdiction is the policies and statutes relating to nutrition, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and domestic commodity distribution and consumer initiative; and policies and statutes related to foreign agricultural assistance and trade promotion; and related oversight of such issues. It would appear that Rep Finstad is in the position to have the data and oversight ...

Republicans without backbones enabling Trump

To the editor: The last time I voted for a Republican candidate was 1988. I voted for Sen. David Durenbuger. This was when Republicans still had backbones and made sense. There is a phrase “coming down on the wrong side of history”. I do believe this phrase captures the current position of Rep Brad Finstad — A Trump “Enabler” who follows Trump’s lead on policies, robbing medical research, militarizing law and order in some of our cities, murdering assumed drug smugglers, firing Federal employees at will, willy nilly tariffs that have at this point accomplished little ...

Struggling with the meaning of semantics

To the editor: I have recently become enraptured with the idea of semantics and meaning and have ended up wondering if we can communicate anything accurately. Recently, I purchased the book titled “Semantics, Pragmatics, Philosophy-a journey through meaning” that delves into the idea of meaning in language. I must admit that I have been left totally intellectually incapacitated with the feeling that language presents more of a barrier to truth than a gateway to understanding. When I hear modern politicians babble on about some stupid topic they want to stand for, I wonder if they ...

Don’t take democracy for granted

To the editor: Don’t take democracy for granted The “No Kings” rally was inspiring. To see hundreds of people peacefully gathered on a lovely fall day. To see passing cars supporting the demonstration with a honk, wave or thumbs up. Our nations citizens are blessed with the freedom to gather, to speak, and to hold values and opinions. Those taking peaceful action are the true patriots of our time. Although I worry about the state of our government as I watch the executive branch attempt to consolidate power and minimize the power of the Legislative and judicial branches, I ...