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Editor: Americans are deeply divided by their beliefs, often supported by untruths or poor arguments (Mailbox, Jan. 30). We allowed ourselves to become so divided today because we don’t question our sources. We waste our time (at best) arguing without the facts? As I said before; “Let’s remind ourselves that we are responsible for the […]

Editor: In response to the “Lemmings” letter (Mailbox, Jan. 16), while it’s true that history is full of instances of people supporting leaders against their own interests, extrapolating from that that Jews didn’t fight back and the Palestinians in Gaza didn’t resist is short-sighted and completely erroneous when looking at the reality. It is a […]

Editor: Thanks to John Dillon (“Yeo Appreciation,” Mailbox, Jan. 30) for his letter. I’ve been wanting to ask the NCJ to assign Yeo an additional column so he can expand on the brilliant, humorous and always moving with a hint of heart narratives he writes. Give him more space and give us more of him. […]

Editor: If you cared about our national debt, you shouldn’t have voted for Trump (Mailbox, Jan. 16). Trump will spend and spend — after which a trillion dollar debt will seem to be a drop in the bucket. Pamela Markovich, Rio Dell

Editor: Candidate Trump promised the American public he was going to improve their lives after President Biden’s supposedly disastrous administration, so how has he helped so far? Before the inauguration, he and Melania each created “meme-coins.” It’s estimated this has increased the Trumps’ net worth by billions, so no help here. Among his first executive […]

Editor: First off, standing/applauding the 70 to 80 percent of our country who believe we were heading in the wrong direction and voted overwhelmingly for change. Along with Kamala’s wipeout and that of the corporate/cable media, the DNC and identity politics/DEI/progressiveness suffered severe losses to the citizen’s common sense. Because of the disaster from day […]

Editor: The fear and suffering we are inflicting on our immigrant neighbors and friends is unjust and unconscionable (“Sanctuary in the Storm,” Jan. 23). Imagine having someone come to your door or workplace and suddenly not knowing when or if you’ll ever see your home and loved ones again? Home is more than a building […]

Editor: I appreciate the weekly column by Collin Yeo (Setlist). His columns often have me scrambling for the dictionary, and I don’t necessarily subscribe to his polemics-driven political leanings. No question he does an excellent job covering the Humboldt music scene and I look forward to his weekly article in the NCJ. John Dillon, Eureka Related […]

Editor: Your “Sanctuary in the Storm” and “Arcata Earth Flag Measure back in Court” (Jan. 23) are related by a common journalistic tactic, disinformation. The flag article goes to great lengths to examine the relationship of free speech, local, state and federal laws and the order of supremacy of those laws. The issue of pure […]

Editor: I find myself replying once again to a letter concerning Kimberly Wear’s excellent article on the barred owl invasion and management strategy (“Combating the Barred Owl Invasion,” Oct. 10). Constance Lynn’s letter (Mailbox, Jan. 16) is quite thoughtful, in that she points out that other factors are at play in endangering spotted owls and […]

Editor: A proposal from the federal government to industrialize the ocean along the Central Coast and Humboldt coastline with hundreds of 1,000-foot-tall, floating wind turbines would set a precedent that ocean industrialization is acceptable, destroy the character of the coastline and kill ocean wildlife (“The Top 10 Stories of 2024, Dec. 26). We’ve already seen […]

Editor: It is always a sad farewell to goodness when apple season ends. I’m talking about real apples, the kind that have histories and flavor nuances, like the super tasty Waltana apple highlighted in the article about what grows best in these parts (“Planting Apple Trees on the North Coast,” Jan. 23). The specimens that are […]