DEAR EDITOR: America has been involved in many no-win wars, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. According to the decisions made by the United States Supreme Court and the Trump administration, you can now add El Salvador to the list of no-win wars. “Another delayed Trump win.” P.S. Whatever happened to the Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, that Trump said were eating their pets? DAVID P. GAIBIS SR.
DEAR EDITOR: Some congressmen have recently introduced legislation that could limit households and businesses in rural areas of our state to satellite internet service while other areas have access to reliable fiber internet. The SPEED for BEAD bill would also make it easier for companies to use low-road contractors when building fiber connections and cause delays in broadband build by forcing states to revisit their plans. As a telecommunications worker, I know what reliable, long-lasting internet service looks like. Unlike fiber, which is a one-time infrastructure investment with ...
DEAR EDITOR: U.S. President Donald Trump said he will soon announce “Major tariff on imported pharmaceuticals;” a move that could end decades of low-cost global trade in medicines. Older citizens are now becoming collateral damage. Sun Tzu- “The Art of War” Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher and a writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period, 771-256 B.C. His assertion: “A dictator will burn his country to the ground, just to rule over the ashes.” Baby Boomers, the largest generation in American history, those born between 1946 to ...
DEAR EDITOR: I’m a combat medic. Often, the first action is to stop the bleeding. Across Ohio, a pressing financial case is (less financial abundance). I agree with Shawna Pfeiffer. Let’s “Stop Bleeding Good Money After Bad” (Ideas). Three examples are worth reviewing: UBI (universal basic income), baby bonds and IDAs (individual development accounts. To ensure we are on the same page, let’s peek at two studies: 1. UBS Triumph of the Optimists book and Global Investment Returns Yearbook and 2. Ibbotson Associates SBBI book and chart. The evidenced-based result is clear: To ...
DEAR EDITOR: The recent protest on Saturday, April 19 brings to light many serious issues, while not knowing, or being in denial, of factual evidence most likely attributable to heads in the sand. Where were these and other individuals when Steward Health was operating locally from 2017-24, in continuation of its 14-year Ponzi scheme? What about its predecessor Community Health Systems, a publicly traded enterprise which also exhibited serious red flags of fraud? There are and have also been many other local fraud schemes, scams and corruption that include human trafficking as well as ...
DEAR EDITOR: No one wants violent criminals at large in our communities. But allowing numerous deportations to a brutal prison across the globe without a legal trial is not only unlawful, but inhumane. Some of those swept up in those raids were innocent of any crime and some had a traffic violation. During WWII, nearly 70,000 of the estimated 122,000 people of Japanese heritage who were incarcerated in isolated desert camps were actually innocent U.S. citizens. Under the same Alien Enemies Act, they were “turned in” by the false statements of neighbors who then claimed their ...