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Resist Democrat control on health care

Yippee, Medicare for All say Bernie, Pocahontas, et al. Be like Canada! Where you can wait months to see your primary care doctor, be given tests, scans and finally see an oncologist when your once...

DATE: Dec. 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tell Sen. Gardner to impeach president

During the impeachment hearings, we were disappointed to see the House Judiciary Committee vote straight down party lines. President Trump withheld U.S. support from an ally unless that country did...

DATE: Dec. 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We can aid environment in little ways

I love the outdoors and have for as long as I can remember. The blue skies, warm sun, fresh air. Nothing beats the outdoors, and we need to conserve it so that generations to come can enjoy it as...

DATE: Dec. 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter on guns, Democrats not helpful

I personally question the facts, logic and purpose of the letter by Robert Goodrich (“Confiscating guns just helps Democrats ,” Dec. 9). Factually, the AR-15 was originally designed by the ArmaLite...

DATE: Dec. 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Don’t publish accusations about Trump

Letters to the Editor author Edward Packard presents us with a list of reasons Trump is no good (“Here’s a list of reasons Trump is no good ,” Dec. 9). First characteristic assigned to Trump is...

DATE: Dec. 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The president is our dog in this fight

After our presidential election, one of my kids called and expressed concern over the man our American system had put in the White House. My response was quick and simple: “When you are in a dog...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Please give, but not to the panhandlers

With the holiday season in full swing, many of us are inspired to give – which is part of what the season is about. I would, however, encourage everyone to refrain from donating to panhandlers...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We can help environment in little ways

I love the outdoors and have for as long as I can remember. The blue skies, warm sun, fresh air. Nothing beats the outdoors, and we need to conserve it so that generations to come can enjoy it as...

DATE: Dec. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We must go to war against PFAs now

Recent research and factual developments have laid bare a national health crisis that we can’t turn our backs on. It concerns a dangerous chemical known as PFA (polyfluorinated akyl) which has...

DATE: Dec. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cash sale left me sorry, disappointed

I looked forward to the Cortez Cash sale on Nov. 19. Because I am now a senior citizen, I take longer to organize and leave the house in the morning, so I planned to go to the 2 p.m. sale time...

DATE: Dec. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

How to do universal health care in steps

Democratic candidates don’t have to die on the Medicare for All hill. There is no way on God’s green earth a Medicare for All bill will get through our divided Congress. Obamacare barely passed....

DATE: Dec. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Here’s a list of reasons Trump is no good

Sen. Cory Gardner, working for President Donald Trump’s re-election, doesn’t seem to realize that the following characteristics are undesirable for a president of the United States: racist cruel...

DATE: Dec. 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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