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Divided we fall Dear Editor, I never imagined I’d live to see our once great nation slide so rapidly into such a darkly chaotic place, where our democracy is being twisted into an increasingly authoritarian state with those in power clearly lacking any capacity for empathy, compassion, kindness, or any semblance of genuine caring for those they were elected to serve. Our country, once described as “that shining city on the hill,” is rapidly turning dark — a place where fear, hatred, and cruelty are becoming the norm, like a toxic fog spreading and blocking the light. Our ...

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Closings were ‘wrong’ Dear Editor, This is in response to the recent editorial about re-electing Mary Passinger to the school board. One huge problem is that she and her supporters don’t realize they are wrong. The support for closing schools was not unanimous. These communities did not deserve this. Your opinion says we should not look at the past but focus on the future. I say how can we confidently vote for Passinger? She has been on the board for so long and her and her buddies’ record lead to the school closings. They did nothing to avoid this even when they said it was ...

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Money talks in votes Dear Editor, Jeffrey Yass, Pennsylvania’s richest man, a wealthy billionaire powerbroker, is using his fortune to subvert our democracy. Yass is deeply involved in this year’s judicial retention races. This is only his latest intervention in our political system. He has for years donated huge sums to influence election outcomes to buy more favorable outcomes for his causes. You may have seen some of the direct mail political ads from Commonwealth Partners, a Political Action Committee he funds. He apparently is opposed to retaining three highly regarded ...

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TV topics Dear Editor, Let’s be very clear about something, Jimmy Kimmel was not suspended and/or fired by President Donald Trump! The president does not have that power therefore let me dummy this up for all the non-common sense, lack of thinking individuals — many Democrats. Kimmel had a contract with Disney and ABC, therefore he was an employee of them. He was not producing or doing his job up to their expectations, he lied, was on a comedy /talk show yet was in no way funny so he was suspended by them! And that’s it in a nutshell. Nothing more and nothing less, bottom ...

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Too much entertaining Dear Editor, The moral values of the nation have been in a downward spiral for many years for many reasons. Do you think this has been a major contributor to our moral decline? What does your heart tell you? The great god “entertainment” is ardently worshipped by many. For there are millions who cannot live without amusement; life without some form of entertainment, for them is simply intolerable; they look forward to the blessed relief afforded by professional entertainers and other forms of psychological narcotics, just as a dope addict looks to his ...

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Taking control Dear Editor, It looks like we do need fences, barriers to keep them out. They come in droves and they come individually. They destroy. They do damage. They take what they want, what we have lovingly nurtured and groomed. We need a change in attitude among the few who dictate that “all are welcome.” The do-gooders’” policies vary somewhat. However, these policies have resulted in an over population of their kind in their safe havens and survival needs are being fulfilled with assaults on neighboring lands, crimes you or I would be arrested for doing, but ...