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Editor: Jared Huffman was wrong to blame the student protestors for Kamala Harris’s loss of the presidency at the Eureka Town Hall meeting on March 30 (“The Peril of this Moment,” April 3). Kamala won in California, but she lost in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. According to Michael Hirsch of […]

Editor: There have been multiple letters to the Editor here in the past weeks. Most recent letters were written resisting what is occurring in our country. A very few are negative, stating their side is now in power. I would like to address a third group that I find most disheartening, and the reason we […]

Editor: Sixty years ago, Georgetown University historian Carroll Quigley predicted the U.S. would become a neo-feudal society if privatization of the public commons continued unabated. Private intermediaries separating people from their government is a defining characteristic of feudalism, seen today in the largest industrial complexes providing essential public services, (euphemistically called “public-private partnerships”). Today’s public-private […]

Editor: Canada has shown its mettle by proclaiming a total divorce with the U.S.  I would divorce us, too, but like a battered spouse, I am loath to give up my home, family and friends to hunker down in a foreign country, head buried in the sand. Europe now considers us an enemy; Russia, China, North […]

Editor: As citizens of a Republic, we all have agency and office (“Sunshine, If We Can Keep It,” March 20). We have a responsibility to be informed and engaged. Voting is not a right, it is a duty we all share, and, if necessary, we must defend our Constitution by any means available. An Oath: […]

Editor: I’m just old enough to remember Joe McCarthy and the Red Scare of the 1950s. Sen. McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) led a government-wide hunt for communists, socialists and their “fellow travelers,” and he claimed to find “commies” everywhere he looked, from colleges to the armed forces (“Sunshine, If We Can Keep It,” March 20). Many people […]

Editor: Someone sent me a notice of a protest gathering at the courthouse at noon on April 5. If one (or a dozen) of the following Trump Administration issues (read that DOGE and billionaire cabinet) has impacted you or loved ones or just concerns you, you might want to see what’s going on Saturday noon […]

Editor: There are many indications that the American public is turning against President Trump. In late January, Democrat Mike Zimmer flipped an open Iowa state Senate seat in a district which Trump had won by 21 points. Recently, Democrat James Andrew Malone won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a district that Trump carried […]

Editor: Thank you Jennifer Cahill for your detailed On The Table article of the reopening of El Pueblo Supermarket on South Broadway in Eureka (“El Pueblo, Bigger and Back on Broadway,” March 13). This close community supports businesses, and the challenges that Engelberto Tejeda and his son Freddy experienced with a property burning down years […]

Editor: I don’t subscribe to any ideology. I guess that leaves me free to look for the facts and form my own opinions about politics. The “Endless Wailing” (Mailbox, March 20) somehow omitted the facts about which party contributed the most to the deficit and which attempted to reduce the deficit. RAND Corp published a […]

Editor Did you know that the only ways provided for in the Constitution to remove an American president are impeachment and incapacity, as specified in the 25th amendment (Mailbox, March 20)? Many other democracies around the world provide for special elections when a majority government cannot be formed or removal when a vote of no […]

Editor: The recent death of one of the North Coast condors is a reminder of lead’s toxic legacy (“Youngest North Coast Condor Dies of Lead Poisoning,” March 20). Lead was used in paint, gasoline, plumbing and other consumer products for decades. It’s useful for its density, flexibility and durability. Lead does not biodegrade and accumulates […]