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Helping those with mental health issues

DEAR EDITOR: Mental health can’t wait. Break the silence. Ignite change. In America today, approximately one out of every five Americans is suffering with a mental health issue; and approximately one in 25 adults is experiencing a serious mental illness that substantially interferes with one or more major life activities. In every story, there is strength and there is hope. Recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month: As CEO of Belmont Pines Hospital, my staff and I have the privilege of serving members of our community with mental illnesses that are often invisible to others. Since ...

History preservation is under assault

DEAR EDITOR: Archaeologists, and people interested in preserving and recording the evidence of our nation’s history are facing a nightmare scenario. Archaeological sites are destroyed constantly in the United States, many without being recorded and studied. Since the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act in the 1970s, federally funded projects, like highway constructions, or the construction of reservoirs, must have an archaeological component to identify if there are archaeological sites that would be impacted or destroyed, which should be protected, or whether a more ...

Trump is too much like Russia’s Putin

DEAR EDITOR: May 1, Republican Trump’s plan to destroy the freedoms of our “We the People” democracy in his first 100 days: You can now compare Trump’s inspired treasonist attack and invasion on America’s Capital on Jan. 6, 2021, to overthrow America’s government to Vladimir Putin’s attack and invasion in Ukraine to overthrow Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian government. The Trump administration will never stop trying to overthrow America’s democracy and Putin will not stop at Ukraine; he is Adolf Hitler without the mustache. America and NATO allies must continue to send ...

Putting the cart before the horse

DEAR EDITOR: Upon waking April 9, goods coming from China are now double (and then some) in cost due to Trump’s tariffs / trade war. Anyone who thinks differently needs to go back to Economics 101. These tariffs are nothing more than an exercise in putting the cart before the horse. While I can agree we need to kick our dependence (addiction?) to imported goods coming from less-than-friendly nations and need to bring manufacturing back stateside, Mr. Trump is approaching this the wrong way. Mr. Trump needed to push Congress to make us more appealing to manufacturers looking to ...

Consider a good alternative to DOGE

DEAR EDITOR: Let’s examine how President Trump’s DOGE initiative negatively affects the average citizen. We’ve become dependent on the federal government to address situations the private sector either ignores or causes. It also funds research benefiting a broad sector of the populace and many industries. Elon Musk and many other billionaires built their fortunes on government grants, contracts and research. They now want more favorable regulations and less oversight that will enable obscene profits and tax breaks at the expense of the average citizen’s health, education, ...

Protesters, politicians have it wrong

DEAR EDITOR: “Protesters” who get paid to pretend to be freedom fighters are very un-American. “Politicians” who get paid to pass laws (and weaken the youth of America) all the while pushing “China’s agenda” are very un-American. If China were to disconnect Americans from “their” technology, could the youth of America survive? How long can they go without their phones (rushing out to buy new ones)? China needs America so much that their plan to conquer America by 2030 has been moved up to 2027. If Trump’s tariffs against China scare Americans, it means ...