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‘Pray for the peace’ Dear Editor, It’s amazing that as of 2023, the world’s core Jewish population (those identifying as Jews above all else) was estimated at 15.7 million, which is approximately 0.2% of the 8 billion worldwide population. The Jewish population in Israel itself is 7,181,000. In those Nations immediately surrounding Israel there are 371,000,000 Muslims of multiple ethnic backgrounds. It’s astounding that these nations and the rest of the world are somehow threatened by Israel. It’s actually mind boggling unless you have at least a rudimentary ...

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Risks with Biden Dear Editor, President Joe Biden served 36 years in the Senate then eight years as vice president. He illegally removed classified documents as he left those offices. Some were stored in damaged cardboard boxes in a vulnerable garage. Special counsel Robert Hur recommended no charges as Biden is a “well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.” But these removals go back at least 15 years; was he elderly and memory-impaired then? Seems Hur is making an excuse for Biden. Donald Trump handled documents improperly, but had presidential power to declassify. VPs ...

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Actions over words Dear Editor, Years ago, as an undergraduate student, at a major university an Ethics and Business Law professor suggested that we read an ancient and historic book , which among other subjects, described human nature regarding truth and deceit. Truth and deceit would benefit us as future business professionals. Honesty was the prime ingredient of truth,whereas lies embellished deceit. The discussion and debate was intense and deliberate because our collective grade was at stake. Finally, we consulted the historical book which describes truth as “Not bearing ...

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Rental rebuttal Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the recent article regarding short-term rental regulations and ordinances in the Times Observer. Extensive coverage was given to Arthur Stewart and his emphatic, unfortunately ill-informed understanding of the impacts of short-term rentals. I’m under the impression he has not done any home purchasing or rental searching in recent years. If he did, he’d find perhaps a dozen apartment rentals monthly on Zillow for a population of 15,000 people. Poor people don’t own multiple homes, they don’t own Airbnbs. Airbnbs steal ...

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A helpless cat Dear Editor, Sometime between Tuesday evening, March 5, and Wednesday morning, March 6, a crime was committed in the Warren City Parking Garage. Oh, it wasn’t the kind of crime that gets splashed all over the evening news or makes nationwide headlines. Not the kind of crime that calls for high security, a constant police presence, or anything quite so exciting. But it was a crime all the same. A low profile, no police required, crime against a little young cat that was no doubt dumped in the hopes that some kind soul would give him a fur-ever home and a family ...

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Danger in ‘power’ Dear Editor, I am a believer in Jesus. I study the Bible. Jesus taught about love, compassion, and forgiveness. Does this statement reflect those teachings? “The national government will maintain and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests. It will offer strong protection to Christianity as the very basis of our collective morality. Today Christians stand at the head of our country. We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit. We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature, in the theater, ...