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Letter to the editor: Four-plus years of lies, Capitol assault bring tears

February 18, 2021

I didn’t know if I should cry, yell, be angry, be sad. I did it all but mainly I just cried. Cried for our country, cried for our people, and I cried for all those people who supported the former President. I cried for them because they placed their trust in a person that lied to them for four years and convinced them that the lies were the truth. And even worse were the ones who knew it was all lies but still went along. Because of those lies the truth was often lost as too many were convinced the truth wa … (read more)

Letter to the editor: How did our democracy go so far off the rails?

February 17, 2020

How in the world did we get here? When did it happen? When and where did we go so wrong? Was it my generation, the next, the next or today’s? Or, are we all to blame? We have moved forward as a country in so many positive ways, the list is long. Yet, here … (read more)

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