DEAR EDITOR: It is astonishing how quickly some reduce the Ukraine conflict to a simple fairy tale of “good versus evil.” The reality is far more uncomfortable. Ukraine is not the beacon of democracy it is so often portrayed to be. For decades it has been one of the most corrupt nations in ...

DEAR EDITOR: Another senseless shooting by an angry, confused individual who decided to channel all of his deranged, misguided, mentally ill thoughts into killing innocent children. This was done with the intent to inflict as much pain on others as he himself was feeling, fueled by the ...

DEAR EDITOR: “The United States will make no deal with the Soviet Union at the expense of other nations and other peoples, not merely because they are our partners, but also because their interests and ours converge. We find ourselves entangled with apparently unanswerable problems in ...

DEAR EDITOR: The Democratic Party can not rebrand itself. Its members are who they are and will not change! California is a Democratic, sanctuary state — 2.5 million people signed a petition to grant clemency to a criminal, an illegal alien in this country. They gave him a Commercial ...

DEAR EDITOR: Sometimes I feel life as in “Driving Miss Daisy.” After leaving the boundaries of youth, life becomes serious. Like it or not, we all face that last ride. As contemptuous as it may sound, for me, it is hard to be Northern with approachable Southern respect. At times, I ...

DEAR EDITOR: A couple comments about the recent article “Vampire power sucks energy dollars.” In a similar vein, I have wondered about daytime running lights on cars. The amount of extra fuel needed to power those lights must be so minuscule as to be incalculable. But what is minuscule ...