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Letters to the editor

Our healthcare woes began with group plans DEAR EDITOR: As a postscript to my July letter, I’ll add that some of us healthcare free speechers believe that employer-paid group health insurance is the likely origin of America’s impenetrable healthcare “pancake logic” and “kaleidoscope logic.” Employer-paid group health conquered America through the stealthy and publicly unrecognized “great values swap” beginning in the 1940s, and still at work today. To make group health work, it had to subvert and displace the commonly accepted dictionary definitions of words and ...

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David Muir of ABC News goes to China and observes its robots running, jumping and performing. Does ABC not understand that these robots are the future soldiers for the Chinese Army? — Hubbard Indiana and Puerto Rico have disasters going on and gas prices have hit all-time highs: He ignores them. DJT only pays attention to his gilded ballroom, helicopter pad and naming a naval ship after himself. This ship was to be named after a black enlisted (MOH winner) sailor. Now DJT wants to buy back the Treasury Department (a no-no big time). Good reasons for a “no” vote on Husted and ...

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There should be no mining in national parks DEAR EDITOR: It is colossally ignorant, stupid, moronic, idiotic and corrupt to allow mining in the national parks. These parks are stunning beauties where our tribal natives have gifted their culture and history to preserve and enjoy, learn and teach future generations. This bulldozing, all done before most even knew it was happening, is desecrating these parks purely to allow mining. Trump has taken these lands with no permission, over a million acres in these parks, stunning examples of nature in its purest form. We shouldn’t be ...

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After saying he’s leaving Warren for a job in New York in January how is Todd Johnson still on Warren City Council? Is it the money that he makes or the healthcare that he voted to give council three years ago? Why does he think it’s OK to represent Warren people when he’s leaving town? Why are his residents happy that he’s still sitting there when he’s got one foot out the door? Bye, Todd! Time to get a council member who wants to be in Warren in that seat. — Warren The national news media refers to the battle to control the Democratic Party as a fight between moderates ...

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Lying should not be a good look for a US president DEAR EDITOR: All politicians lie. That’s not a new concept, and whether it is true or not doesn’t matter when too many people accept it as fact. The Trump era has brought us to a tipping point: Since lying is ubiquitous, it must not be wrong. This is dangerous territory for a democracy. I’ve known hundreds of politicians, and I’m sure some, maybe even many, lied. Sometimes, I could tell if they were lying; sometimes I figured it out later through fact checking. But I never knew anyone who lied the way President Trump does. ...

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Status of Warren- inadequate hospital availability, understaffed current hospital, empty storefronts, empty YMCA, deteriorating closed hospital, lack of incoming medical personnel, minimum wage jobs, overpaid council members, overgrown lawns and lots, etc. Good job, Mayor Franklin! Good job, City Council! And you expect quality young people to move into Warren? Dream on! — Warren When are the Republicans going to decide to help Americans with food, gas, rent, everyday expenses and health insurance? Is it when few have health insurance, the sick lay dying, and more and more are ...