Dear Editor,Re:  paraphrased from Laying Siege to the Institutions, Christopher F. Rufo,   April/May, 2022 issue of Imprimis a publication of Hillsdale College.

Editor:Threats made to Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch like this one, “ I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you Kavanagh; you have reaped the whirlwind,  you will not know what hit you, if you carry through with these awful decisions”  Sounds like a threat — a bodily threat, and assassination threat?  But what decisions?  A disturbed person traveling from California made an attempt to invade Justice Kavanagh's home —WHERE HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN LIVE.

 Honest question.  Do you have the right to live?  If an evil and violent person picks you as their next victim — do you have the right to live?  Or is it your duty to our society to simply open your arms and allow yourself to be beaten, stabbed, choked or shot to death?  Do you have a duty to surrender — with the responsibility for your defense fully ensconced in whoever answers your 911 call? The response to my frustrated post on the Texas school killings has been illustrative.

Editor:I received this article years ago, but it is more relevant now than when I received it shortly after 9/11.   Evil seems to be more prevalent now than decades ago; I have no answer why.

Dear Editor:  It is indeed ironic that tears are shed and hearts are broken when elementary children are shot dead along with two teachers, but riots and protests occur when the SCOTUS may overturn a 1973 decision on abortion.

Dear Editor, Three primary things have filtered out since Columbine to this week:1: Secure the building! This is everyone's responsibility at the school .

We are supporting Colman Silbernagel for Iowa State Senate District 42. Colman and his wife grew up on dairy farms and he understands Agriculture. Colman served in the Afghanistan war and was awarded the Bronze Star.

To the editor, This is about transparency, which up-to-date public boards believe they believe in and many believe they are trying to achieve.The current Center Point-Urbana School Board is not achieving.

By Kyle KoeppenIt is hard not to run terrifying scenarios in your head after hearing/seeing the horrific event which unfolded at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Dear Editor:I am not sure why these memories keep coming up, perhaps it is because Memorial Day is approaching or maybe I am getting closer to the six foot hole at the end.