Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Watch what folks do, not what they say
Dear Editor, Darrin Lindsey . . . . I get it . . . you’re a follower . . . a believer . . . you trust in those you choose to follow. I get it. You question nothing they say. You believe all that is ...
Letter to the Editor: Iran and assassination
Dear Editor:Just in: Iran and its militant governance placed a $300,000 bounty on John Bolton's (former Nat. Security Advisor) head and a $1,000,000 bounty on Mike Pompeo (former SEC State). Why...
Disinformation and where it comes from
"Just FYI there were only 5 pit bulls in Keystone, I repeat 5, not sure where all the dis information is coming from. At least fact check a topic so sensitive as this, thank you. I know this how? I wa... Letter to the Editor: E-I-E-I-O
Dear Editor, Those that control our food supply wield an immense amount of power. Small
family farms like the one I proudly grew up on, have been integral to the
success of the United States all thr...
Letter to the Editor: The silliness of “Climate Change," of course it’s changing
Dear Editor,A recent opinion letter had one paragraph dedicated to CLIMATE CHANGE with the requisite warning of imminent death due to crop failures, relief that fossil fuels are being drastically redu...
Letter to the Editor: What we leave behind
Dear Editor As someone who has retired within the last year, I find myself looking back on my life and comparing my childhood to the childhood we experience today. No, I don’t mean passing note...
Letter to the Editor: Has the question of where are we headed been answered?
Editor: As I think through my now, 81 years on this planet, I wonder what is our legacy? What are we leaving our younger members? Do we have problems that require solutions?...
Reading my mind: Corny
Just mention anything "politics" and I'm in. I get tons of updates from our elected officials that are supposed to impress me the reader. Most of the time I read it and say, "yada, yada, yada." Under ... Letter to the Editor: Better Together Animal Rescue Supports Doing Away with BSL
To the Editor,Our names are Peyton Frank and Taylor Frank, Co-Directors of Better Together Animal Rescue in Vinton. We are writing you today regarding the current Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) in B...
Letter to the Editor: People, Pets and Policies to Benton County Lawmakers
Dear Benton County Supervisors and Cities in Benton County, I’m a past chair of the American Bar Association’s Animal Law Committee and a coauthor of the ABA Book, A Lawyer’s Guide to Dange...