Jesus preached love, not hate

February 9, 2023

A recent letter-writer complained of being limited to 250 words in his reply to a lengthy article on a significant pronouncement by a major world faith leader. I should need under half that for this reply to that letter. I just have one simple, put-up-or-shut-up question for the writer: Can you please cite the specific book, chapter, and verse in the Bible where Jesus Christ explicitly condemns homosexuality? I’m pretty sure the nuns taught me that it is a mortal sin to put false words into the mouth of God, either heresy or blasphemy, I forget exactly which. Maybe both? Waiting ...

Sin versus righteousness

February 1, 2023

EDITOR: In response to the article on the opinion page of the Thursday, Jan. 26, Daily News, regarding what the pope says about homosexuality — three very long columns — here’s my 250-word response. Apparently, the pope of the Roman Catholic Church does not know his Bible very well. As a self-proclaimed follower of Christ, I am enraged, offended, insulted, and sorry for any readers, who may be ignorant of the scriptures and in agreement. God in His love, and mercy, wrote us His laws and basic instruction before leaving Earth in the book we label as the Bible. God, not the ...

Making our world better

January 31, 2023

EDITOR: It has been a bit since I have written but Friday was Holocaust Remembrance Day and there is also a lot of news that suggests the “world” is not making progress in fairness and decency but rather regressing in many ways. If you have a problem with another person or group because they are “different” than you because of race, color, religion, the place they originally came from or for any other reason. you might want to rethink why that is. It may not be your personal fault at all. I am of a generation that heard so many things growing up that just would not be ...

Is TikTok the new Home Ec?

January 24, 2023

EDITOR: For dinner, my daughter wowed us with an excellent pasta sauce made from roasted cherry tomatoes, and feta cheese. She learned this recipe not from her school Home Economics class but from a TikTok video on social media. Before frozen dinners, TikTok and the internet, Home Economics classes were offered to generations of Americans who learned how to cook from scratch under the supervision of a trained teacher. Knowing how to prepare economical and nutritious meals was viewed as a valuable skill. In these hard economic times, perhaps Home Ec will make a comeback in our ...

A perfect example

January 18, 2023

Dante Moore, one of the two top quarterback recruits in the country graduating this year, was originally thought to be attending the University of Michigan. Then he announced he would be attending the University of Oregon and gave the school a verbal commitment. All of sudden, he changed his mind and has signed a letter of intent to attend UCLA. Why the changes of heart? Anyone’s guess; quite honestly, I couldn’t care less. The point being it is a perfect example of how our society has changed. Many years ago, Stefan Humphries, a young black man from Florida was recruited by Bo ...

True story

January 11, 2023

EDITOR: A tribute to a good and honest Iron Mountain car salesman and veteran, Mr. Robert Baldinelli. In the early 1960s springtime, I bought from him a 1953 used Ford two-door, stick shift, flat head V8 station wagon with the big round tail lights. He said it started and ran perfect and he was correct. I called it my Fred Fintstone Mobile. Why you ask? On the driver’s side front floor, there wasn’t any. If I wanted to stop fast I could put both feet down and drag them on the gravel roads. I used to leave the big back rear window open. The dry white gravel dust would come into ...