Category: Letters to the Editor

Dear Ms, Publisher, The day of reckoning draws near In the balance hope and fear On the one side reasoned talk And then, the raging Jaberwock Desperate as a cornered beast lashing…

“Go back to Cuba, you Spick!”… Second grade all the way through high school. “Go back to where you came from, damn foreigner!!”…Patient I was trying to help on an ambulance call….

My nose was running like a faucet! I was in Europe and had come down with a cold like no other. Washcloth in hand, I went into a store to buy some…

I was born in Richmond Virginia eighty-six years ago and grew up a proud American. My ancestors came to Virginia in the early 1600s. They fought in all the wars, beginning with…

Mr. Beger’s rants in his letters would be more helpful if he quoted facts, if he denoted the source of his “information,” and if he even made good sense. I am sorry,…

With the passing of Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court, a conversation is taking place about her replacement. Mr. Biden has said he would replace her with a black female. Let’s…

ANTIFA’s primary focus is to create chaos. These people are killing black people and burning down their businesses and homes. At the Democratic Convention they said the pledge of allegiance and intentionally removed the…

A Democrat for which I’d vote for President, former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, when asked about gun control said “You control yours, and I’ll control mine.” Gov. Schweitzer of course is not…

The Jefferson Diaper Brigade distributed its first diapers in November 2016 and in four years has supplied 140,000 diapers to Jefferson County families in need. We are concluding this ministry due to…

When doing a data analysis, your analysis is only as good as the data you receive. A common phrase is garbage in, garbage out. The COVID-19 “crisis” is an excellent example of…

The Jefferson County Collection Facility needs to begin thinking outside of the box. Residents were requested to have stickers for their vehicles so the users could be monitored at the collection sites….

There will probably never again be such a glaring difference between presidential candidates, than in this coming election. In one corner is Donald J. Trump the champion of private sector job creation…

In Cuba, our phone conversations were monitored, as was our mail correspondence; both incoming and outgoing was opened and read. We also had to be careful of what we said in public,…

The definition of observation is “a remark, statement, or comment based on something one has seen, heard, or noticed.”    “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put…

In modern America, it’s become acceptable to go with the flow of defunding the police. Doing so is biased, illogical, and most importantly has dire consequences. I’ll note up front that as…

At Big Bend Hospice (BBH) we believe it is critical to focus on safety while doing our part to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Hospice Care in the time of COVID-19…

Everything must go Declares the anarchist logo In the store front looking glass A hypocrite’s fantasy As looters reap the riots wreckage To destroy what you desire only then to pilfer Despising…

Confederate memorials may have unintended meaning to some while others feel deeply attached to them. They remind me of my grandmother. A gracious and loving Christian woman born in a small town…

This letter deals with government involvement in the housing sector. The federal government oversees the Community Development Block Grant or CDBG program, a part of which is used by local governments to…

Governor DeSantis Executive Office of Governor 400 S Monroe St Tallahassee, FL 32399 (850) 488-7146 Dear Governor DeSantis, I have lived in Florida since 1962. My Dad (a pilot for *Eastern Airlines…