Alexander Lyall
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“All politics is local”
“Bombing is fun… The war will end when I feel it in my [bone spurs]”
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Letter to the editor: Some citizens ‘brainwashed’
“America First” is not original. The label has a history. Not knowing the story leaves us flying blind in the dark.
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Letter to the editor: Democracy’s time almost up?
An important question: What is the difference between democracy and dictatorship? A short, simple answer: Time.
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Letter to the editor: Ex-president unfit for office
For a piece of the action, Donald Trump peddles a Bible, five times the normal price. Frankly, there is nothing inside books or a Bible that guides his…
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Letter to the editor: Supreme Court has paved the way for autocracy
If the Supreme Court would actually listen, the following is what I would say.
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Letter to the editor: GOP’s top hope unfit for office
There’s something we fail to grasp about our national Republican candidate.
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Letter to the editor: We need better grasp of history
History, as seen by average North Americans, is merely the empty passage of time into the present, thus ignoring the activity between then and now. Knowing what happened…
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Letter to the editor: The planet will protect itself
Without people, don’t worry, the planet will heal itself and survive.
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Letter to the editor: Trump’s flaws are obvious
As an intellectual failure, Donald Trump has a vast following of grammar school grads, who can identify with the knowledge gap and reject the smart elitism of their…
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Letter to the editor: Without humans, the world would heal
The planet has a protective plan for itself: Climate change, toxic waste, AI, guns and the ultimate “second civil war,” which will collectively eliminate people.
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Letter to the editor: Pickleball seen as ‘only a game’
Pickleball — It’s only a game, and games are for kids.
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Letter to the editor: Guns & our culture are a risky blend
When I was twelve, my father gave me a shotgun to shoot at quail. I was told they were sporting and a good source of food.
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Letter to the editor: A cautionary tale
A long time from now a small organism will emerge from the mud on the ocean floor, and millenniums later will teach itself to read a history book…
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Letter to the editor: Human rights violations not just China’s problem
China, we think, has a human rights problem. We are free to collect and carry military weapons. We are free to conduct combat assaults locally, inflicting as much…
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Letter to the editor: This leader has no credibility
“Which foot?” The man with the “greatest memory ever,” can’t remember. The foot can vary from one or the other to both, depending on the answer. Personal draft-dodging…
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Letter to the editor: Draining swamps is a trick concept
Draining a swamp seemed like a credible idea. Swamps, however, are ecologically necessary in a literal sense, keeping in mind, government services and swamps are politically neutral. In…