To The Reader’s Forum: “These are the times that try men’s souls” wrote Thomas Paine during a rather dark time in the American revolution. We are also enduring a dark period, with masked and armed men sweeping up people on America’s streets for little more than speaking a foreign ...

To The Reader’s Forum: I read that Trump is ending some tariffs he created that didn’t exist previously, in order to make normal grocery products less expensive for American consumers! My first statement is “I told you so” (tariffs are taxes) in a previous letter! Secondly, why are ...

To the Readers’ Forum: These days we read about and listen to heated debates regarding immigration and people who are on public assistance. Some people think immigrants, legal or illegal, and the beneficiaries of Medicaid or SNAP are the cause of many problems with today’s economy. They ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Last weekend, the Community Helping Hands “Make An Offer” art sale fulfilled the three purposes identified by the Board of Directors: the sale reduced inventory, it reintroduced the nonprofit to the community as an organization that helps everyone and the sale ...

To The Reader’s Forum: In our country, where informed citizens were intended to share the decision-making via free and fair elections, an increasing number of people have decided to skip it and live with what other people choose for them. Not that they’re happy, oh no. Finger ...

To The Reader’s Forum: In a recent Post-Journal article by Rev. Mel McGinnis, Charlie Kirk was described as “a martyr too,” like John the Baptist, “a happy warrior for Jesus.” Protestant minister McGinnis notes that Kirk was “a change agent”, that his message was that “this ...