Letters to the Editor

Should elected officials judge other politicians?

Former Commissioner Lee Hearn has left an unfortunate legacy when it comes to appointments to local government boards.

Most will remember the infamous appointment Commissioner Hearn made to the Board of Elections. A name popped up on an agenda and the person was going to be immediately voted in with no questions asked. Fortunately, Commissioner Steve Brown and Commissioner Allen McCarty objected to the appointment, saying they received no background material on the appointee. Read More»

College and Career Academy idea is a winner

I was interested to see Terry Garlock’s column in support of a College and Career Academy as an integral part of the high school system.

It seems nice that CCA provides extra college prep courses, but the advantage that caught my eye are the technical and soft skills taught to better prepare graduates for the workplace.

I remember when kids in middle school started learning some basic life skills in wood and metal shop. Those days are gone and our kids grow up not even knowing how to turn a wrench. That’s pathetic. Read More»

Politics — not good for anyone’s health

I am an adult person, by any standards, in any part of the globe. I have witnessed politics in different regions of the globe and have the same emotion: not particularly good for one’s health.

There are reasons for my emotion regarding politics. Primary is my conclusion that most politicians abandon their empirical traditional and religious beliefs in order to acquire “power.” Read More»

A differing view on Newtown ‘angels’

A Fayetteville pastor made some comments regarding grieving and angels in his 12/19 letter to the editor.

He said that he saw a woman interviewed on the news who quoted a “priest” as saying, “We now have 20 new angels watching over us.” (For the record, this priest also called them “saints” but we can save this for another article.) Read More»

Guns (D) vs. guns (R)

New York City Mayor Bloomberg, Obama’s hitman for gun control, went on the TV talk show circuit and declared that if President Obama does not get his way on gun control then 48,000 people will be killed by illegal weapons.

What the mayor conveniently failed to add was that even if Obama gets his way on gun control there will still be 48,000 people killed with illegal guns.

One difference between a Republican and a Democrat is if a Republican doesn’t want a gun, then he won’t buy one. Read More»

Bethlehem and Sandy Hook and age-old questions

Horrifying! Six- and 7-year-old students hearing gun shots, then looking into the face of the man who was about to kill them and their teachers. The fear, the screams, and the evil of it all is more than anyone wants to imagine. Read More»

American Left must despise the poor

A thought occurred to me the other day: The politicians and leadership of the American Left must truly despise the constituencies they profess to support and protect.

Huh? you say. What happens when a wild animal is raised in captivity and suddenly released into its natural habitat? It usually suffers and eventually dies. The Democrat Party has for 80 years fought to increase the support for the poor, the infirm, the elderly, and the mediocre. There are now tens of millions of people who are fully dependent on the federal government for survival. Read More»

At the tire store, widow finds Christmas angel

I met a Christmas angel and I want to share it with everyone. Money has been tight and I needed tires for my truck. Read More»

Newtown: Where was God?

James M. Kushiner's picture

I am certainly not the only one who was more deeply moved than usual at the Christmas pageant this year.

The faces of the young angels dressed in white and the fake-bearded shepherds seemed especially vulnerable and innocent. Those precious faces will surely elicit from any sensitive heart a great sigh of grief for the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School whose children were slain last Friday. That someone would slaughter such helpless children is unthinkable. Read More»

America, guns not problem; you are

This past Friday a horrific crime and tragedy occurred in a small quiet and idyllic Connecticut town. Twenty beautiful young school children and several adults were murdered. The instrument of their destruction was a deranged young man with no moral center who gave no value to another human life. The tool he used was a gun.

America’s knee-jerk and misguided response will be to blame the tool. You see if America did not blame the tool, the gun, then it would have to take responsibility for creating the monster that used the tool. America, the gun is not the problem, you are. Read More»