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Ursuline must face its day of reckoning

DEAR EDITOR: A young defenseless boy is kidnapped, sexually and physically assaulted. Videos of the assault are made and shared online. Threats and intimidations are made to prevent the boy from disclosing these heinous crimes against him, but he bravely comes forward to accuse his attackers. Police quickly move in to round up the gang of perverts, charges are filed, the victim testifies, and the criminals are found guilty and sentenced to prison terms. Justice is served. But Wait . . these crimes, and they are indeed crimes, occurred under the superficial, surreal,and sacred umbrella ...

How about real facts on ‘vampire’ power?

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 times millions of cars? And what do lights accomplish on a bright sunny day? How many accidents have been avoided by having headlights on during a sunny day? Any statistics available? Or just someone thought it was a good idea? (Most cars allow you to turn these off.) For both these cases, home ...

Republicans are doing billionaires’ bidding

DEAR EDITOR: All American multi-billionaires hire lobbyist firms with huge sums of their money to lobby our Congress “to get whatever they want,” a threat to our democracy, foreign policy and workers’ cost-of-living wages. It must be true, money talks and “BS” walks. In 1980, 45 years ago, two labor unions endorsed Republican Ronald Reagan for president: the Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) organization and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Reagan fired all the PATCO members when they went on strike for airplane safety, a very demanding, stressful ...

Central committees should let voters decide

DEAR EDITOR: Remember, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!” Recently the Ohio Republican State Central Committee reportedly “aborts the endorsement process” in the upcoming Primary Election of 2026. The Ohio Supreme Court will now have four Republican primary candidates, as opposed to a pre-selected candidate. Throughout Ohio, Republican Party County Central Committees have had internal upheavals. At the epicenter is their elected chairperson. “Not far from the tree,” is the issue of the often-strong-armed primary endorsements pushed forward by the chairperson. ...

Heinrich Himmler and Stephen Miller

DEAR EDITOR: As to what these two despicable people have in common, let’s start with SS Himmler. Herr Himmler was one of the architects of the Holocaust, Hitler’s bodyguard, oversaw the Gestapo and SS, enforcer of Nazi racial policies, and was responsible for operating concentration and extermination camps, and forming the death squads in German-occupied Europe. This travesty of a human being was a major contributor to genocide, better known as the Holocaust. After a falling out with Hitler at the closing of WWII, he committed suicide. Now, as regards Stephen Miller, 47’s ...

Just another day in paradise or not?

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 surely feel I’m working on that plantation. Let me be the first to say, it has nothing to do with “Just living a dream of another day in paradise.” Let’s be clear. My day begins: “Hoke, Hoke, I need you to do something.” “Yes, Miss Daisy, what is it?” “Hoke, I need you to trim ...