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The facts on Donald Trump are out there

DEAR EDITOR: At the risk of being repetitious and boring, my opinion of Trump is that he is a convicted felon, a fascist, a chronic liar, an unfeeling narcissist, a racist, an incompetent politician, and lawless grifter on the public’s trust in high office who is disgracing the Constitution, embarrassing us among nations and destroying our economy. That should spare anyone with a red-hatted head still in the sand, or, wherever they stick them, the effort of reading further. Those interested in reading for facts may seek sources such as: The curve of forgetting (Ebbinhaus On ...

If Donald Trump’s lips are moving, he’s lying

DEAR EDITOR: Donald Trump ran as the “affordability president.” His mission on day one, he said, is to bring prices down, significantly reduce inflation and make everything much more affordable for all Americans. Grocery prices would be his first target. Within six months of his presidency he openly admitted that making things more affordable was a lot more difficult than he thought. He said he needed just a little more time to accomplish his mission. Now, 10 months into his presidency, he’s telling everyone that prices on everything are way down (and dropping), inflation is ...

Taking property and sports betting

DEAR EDITOR: Perhaps the most powerful and instructive components of the Constitution is the one mostly ignored by the courts — until recently. The 10th Amendment is short and states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to its states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people” (emphasis supplied). In 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court in Kelo vs City of New London decided that a long-time home owner’s property could be taken by the city of New London, Connecticut to transfer to a private developer for ...

Why it’s hard to admit when you’re wrong

DEAR EDITOR: Did you ever wonder why, when the obvious is so, well, obvious that one simply cannot admit they were wrong, wrong in their choice or actions. For those of us who have raised, or are raising, children, this question, or incomprehensible feeling, arises frequently. Being embarrassed and rejected by your peers is the first reason for the absence of admittance, and some psychological factors also need to be addressed, either individually or through a comforting friend or companion. One of those psychological factors is “Cognitive Dissonance” (CD). CD is the ...

Silencing educational institutions

DEAR EDITOR: So, how do we go about dumbing down America more than it is already? Well, for openers, how about eliminating the Department of Education and truncating appropriate funding for public schools. These are but two ways of compromising learning for our children. Want to know more about the other insidious machinations being perpetrated on our citizenry? One need only peruse that destructive document, Project 2025, published by the Heritage Foundation, and its mutant document, Ohio SB-1. Both divisive documents are clearly treacherous attempts to clamp down on student ...

Merry Christmas from the Republicans

DEAR EDITOR: I see where Mike Johnson, President Trump and the Republican party is wishing millions of Americans and their children and families by allowing ACA coverage to disappear. But don’t worry! Their present to the people will be the huge amounts of coverage you’ll be paying if you can afford it. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. HAROLD J. WILSON Youngstown