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Letters to the Editor

Still ways to mark Easter at home

With no Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday services at the majority of local churches, Christians can still worship in their own way. Family can still enjoy the traditional Easter dinner, egg hunt, baskets, candy and outdoor activities, weather permitting. Radio and television will ...

The silver lining in this situation

I have become so dismayed by all the negative news about the coronavirus that I thought it was high time to give us a little positive reinforcement. Maybe I’m one of the few who sees this pandemic as a warning from God to “get back to basics” — live the Golden Rule and love him. We have ...

The need to keep your distance

Dear Baby Boomers, Millennials and Gen X — These are unprecedented times we are living in. Being a Baby Boomer, I remember stories from parents and grandparents about the Great Depression and World War II. I learned of the sacrifices they made and listened in awe as they described their ...

‘The Dumbing of America’

The outcome of the 2016 election brought to mind the only answer: “The Dumbing of America.” I have read with disgust and dismay the replies to some of your opinion questions referring to the antics of the current occupant of the White House and certain letters to the editor, reinforcing ...

Do the ‘stay home’ orders violate rights?

One of things I can’t help but wonder in this state of emergency, with these shelter-in-place orders some governors and other officials have place upon their citizens, is their constitutional authority to override our basic rights. It’s an emergency, we hear, we can do whatever we want and ...

A special day of recognition for Vietnam vets

EDITOR: This was taken from an American Legion article: “Sunday, March 29, is Vietnam War Veterans Day. This is a day when we pay special tribute to the nine million Americans who served during the Vietnam War era, to the 58,000 names memorialized on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, ...