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Editor: Thank you to the students for bringing attention to American complicity in the war on Gaza. It may have been flawed but it did the job. It seems that the CPH administration has overreacted to the student protests. The faculty I have spoken to have all said that closing the campus was unnecessary and […]

Editor: The American flag should fly above the Earth flag because that arrangement portrays our view of the world (“Judge: Arcata Can’t Put Earth Flag on Top,” April 11). The Project for the New American Century is alive and well, with its mantra of “military strength and moral clarity … good for both America and […]

Editor: I take issue with your recent editorial, titled “Our Last Best Chance” (April 11). You wrote, “Humboldt County now has the potential to play an outsized role in the effort to wean the globe from fossil fuels.” Observing where we are now this seems very unlikely. We’ve had decades already to wean ourselves from fossil […]

Editor: I appreciate your seemingly through expose, (fine journalism) recounting Patrick Harvey’s history (“Seeking Salvation,” April 18). Our humanistic compassion should allow this man to return to the community, “if so hap may be.” Linda Koenig, Eureka Related Stories

Editor: Thadeus Greenson’s coverage of Cal Poly Humboldt’s work confronting the glut of plastic everywhere and in everything now (“Turning the Titanic,” April 11) was an encouraging start. However, at the end of the article was Morgan King’s more important point, I think, that the fossil fuel industry and the plastics industry’s shift of responsibility […]

Editor: I voted to fly the Earth flag at the top of Arcata’s flagpoles and was pleased to discover that most voters agreed with that sentiment. Still, in a restful moment several days ago, as I sat and observed three flags fluttering above the Arcata Community Center, I was surprised that seeing the Earth flag […]

Editor: Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Canning has ruled that by state law the Earth flag cannot be flown above the American flag (NCJ Daily, April 11). I am concerned that the city council will honor Mr. Meserve’s request to leave the flag as is until an appeal can be formulated. I fully agree with […]

Editor: I am writing in response to the March 28 article “Military Transport Ships Eying Port in Humboldt Bay.” I am very troubled by the prospect of having “two — and possibly three — 800-foot-long ships in the Humboldt Bay.”  I do not find this proposition “exciting,” as Leroy Zerlang, is quoted as saying. It […]

Editor: The Journal and other local media outlets report regularly on local car and truck crashes that seriously injure and kill people (“One Killed, Another Injured in 101 Crash,” posted April 2). The death toll on our streets and roads is a national disgrace. It is a particularly acute problem here in Humboldt County, and […]

Editor: Our “last best chance” is, and has always been, empowering the people in their own backyards (“Our Last Best Chance,” April 11). Weaning ourselves from “fast-track global destruction” requires ecological humility. Each of us can and must eliminate greenhouse gas emissions to fast-track our children’s survival. By omitting consideration of the most effective alternative energy […]

Editor: The shadows do grow long for our species. Perhaps the Gods would be pleased to witness their followers use some of the land and sea to preserve the biosphere (“Our Last Best Chance,” April 11). We can only hope that it is not too late. Fred Summers, Ferndale Related Stories

Editor: I read the April 5 article (“Judge Rules Arcata Can’t Put Earth Flag on Top”) about the court ruling in weekly newsletter, Vexi-News, I receive from the North American Vexillological Association. While the court ruled based on California state law, the act of flying any flag above or higher than the flag of these […]