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Editor: I cannot think of proper, print-friendly words to represent what came to mind when reading the recent update on the mishaps of the RREDC (“Zander’s Continuing Adventures,” Nov. 19). Not only were we caught with our pants down in the global economic situation (think: potential window for applications of grant monies) but we were […]

Editor: In regard to Marcy Burstiner’s piece in the Nov. 5 issue (“Media Maven”), there are many points with which I disagree. For one thing, it’s not like when you turn 50 you suddenly don’t count. Everyone counts. Second, the reason folk shows have been running on KHSU for 40 years is because people have […]

Editor: You do a disservice to your readership by including articles by Ron Ross, apparently as a balance to insightful articles by authors such as Steven Jones and Tim Redmond (“The Broken State,” Oct. 29). I have written a rebuttal of Ross’s views of the health care crisis, and Chuck Harvey of Fieldbrook wrote a […]

Editor: Thank you for the article regarding gill netting on the Klamath and Trinity Rivers (“By the Gills,” Nov. 12). It is important to note that despite multiple dams, massive water diversion, temperatures up to 76 degrees, no fish ladders, a fish kill of more than 60,000 and hazardous chemicals running into the water, the […]

Editor: Ryan Burns article “Studies in Race” (Nov. 5) provided some valuable insight into Humboldt State University’s social engineering project. I know about the nature of this because I was subjected to it while pursuing a higher education at Humboldt State University. A rather simple formula is used to promote this anti-Western, anti-white agenda: The […]

Editor: I started to read last week’s “In Review” (Nov. 5) with some excitement, hoping that Andrew Goff would address the cause of the catastrophe that was the Mos Def show at Nocturnum on Oct. 29. I have been searching for answers as to why I paid $25 for a performer who showed up at […]

Editor: Last week’s article on HSU’s “Studies in Race” prompts me to reiterate that the pursuit of diversity, in itself, is a false goal. The proper goal is excellence, and if excellence is pursued, without discrimination, then diversity will be achieved and all will be well served. If diversity is pursued only for itself, then […]

Editor: The scariest prospect about Marcy Burstiner’s Nov. 5th piece (“Media Maven”) is that the KHSU staff might take her recommendation “to rip up the programming” seriously. KHSU depends in large part on listener contributions and underwriters (and I suspect the NPR stations that I have supported from Kent, Ohio to Albany, N.Y. do as […]

Editor: I am writing in response to Hank Sims’ article “Dope and Duped” (“Town Dandy,” Oct. 29). I too watched the A&E special with mixed feelings, noting the insightful interviews but felt frustrated by the exaggerated suggestion of a climate of fear and violence in Humboldt County. I have lived here my whole life and […]

Editor: Ron Ross misread “The Broken State” in his reply last week (“Don’t Blame Reagan,” Oct. 29). The lead article did not admit that “cutting taxes and slashing government regulation will spur private sector economic growth,” nor did it call for complete economic equality, as he asserts. In fact, the illuminating article Ross attacks simply […]

Editor: Regarding Dylan Fierro’s letter about the H1N1 virus (“Mailbox,” Oct. 29), there are rumors going around that the H1N1 vaccine is dangerous because it contains mercury. It is true that the vaccine contains mercury, but only in a small quantity — about 1 microgram (mcg). To put this into perspective, a six-ounce can of […]

Editor: I am writing in response to the article “Cup Runneth Over” (Oct. 22). In this article, the author, Heidi Walters, writes of the business that was lost when the pulp mill closed, and how that will raise the cost of water for the rest of us here in Humboldt. I am left wondering: What […]