Cutting funding to libraries will not only force good people out of work, it will steal precious resources from the most vulnerable. This will lead to worsening crime rates and an increase in the ongoing homeless crisis.…
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Letters To The Editor
Another limerick from Waldo Johnston, questioning what he terms the "DEI illusion."…
The legal basis of the American Revolution and the pretext for the imminent revolt was the Declaration of Independence, which, appended to the high ideals of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of a happiness”—which are goals of the Enlightenment, not theocratic mandates...…
The New York State Department of Health has a long-standing statewide advisory against using surface water for drinking unless treated by a municipal water system. In technical terms, surface water refers to [any] lake, pond, stream, and river where the water table is exposed to the surface of the earth, i.e. any water in the lake (https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SurfaceWater).…
Do not be misled: Trump just raised your taxes. It’s ugly. The Trump Tariff Tax is probably the largest in U.S. history. And we will all pay in higher costs for groceries, cars, homes, plumbing parts, kids’ toys, healthcare. You name it.…
A mob is a bone-chilling sight
With looting and burning all night...…
Trump’s actions are those of a dictator. Checks and balances and due process are suspended. Resources distributed by Congress are threatened and confiscated. Free speech is suppressed.…
Hitler stoked economic anger by scapegoating groups like communists, fascists and Jews. Similarly, Trump has targeted immigrants, transgender individuals, DEI, liberals, and essentially anyone who opposes him.…
Little did I know that if I was willing to wait for Trump’s tariffs to right the wrongs in the world economy, and for hair dryer factories to move to our country, and for American workers to have high-paying jobs making hair dryers...…
Consider the math. If we reimburse our treasury at the rate of $186,000.00 per second, the speed of light, it will take more than six years to reduce our current $36 trillion debt to zero.…