Letters + Opinion

Editor, I have to respond to last week’s letter from Dennis Scales (Mailbox, Nov. 14). He charges President Biden with “abandoning Afghanistan to the 10th century barbarians”.  In fact, it was Donald Trump who negotiated the treaty that set the May 2021 date for the withdrawal of all American troops. Biden was stuck with honoring […]

Editor: Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week occurs Nov. 17 through Nov. 23. The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, Eureka City Council and Arcata City Council all passed proclamations recognizing the importance of dealing with this most challenging issue (“‘The Gift of Community,’” Nov. 14). Members of Food for People, Arcata House Partnership, Affordable Homeless Housing […]

Editor: The voters of America have made their choice, President Trump will return to the White House and work for all Americans to repair the damage to our country from four years of the Biden/Harris administration (NCJ Daily, Nov. 7). By default, America is the stabilizing force in the world against the worst actions of […]

Editor: Some reactions to Anne To’s article on banana slugs (“The Banana Slug Slithers in as California’s Official State Slug,” Nov. 7): First, it falsely indicates that the banana slug is a species. It’s not; it’s really a genus of three to six species, all of which occur in California. The two in Humboldt are […]

Editor: Kudos to the authors on this topic (Mailbox, Oct. 31). It can’t be a bad practice to be skeptical of what we read and hear. Social media is no better than gossip and not to be trusted. I believe it is the responsibility of the public to do its due diligence with the media […]

Editor: Welcoming Mitch Trachtenberg’s entry (Mailbox, Oct. 31) into the Barry Evans inspired (“Plenty o’ Nuttin,” Oct. 10) philosophical debate regarding “nothing,” I begin with a quote from Mr. Trachtenberg’s entry:  “The computer representations consist of ones and zeros, but the things being represented (50, 0, pi, null) don’t depend on being represented in order […]

Editor: Regarding Rex Bohn and the RCRC, GSNR’s fairytale that this idea is good for the environment is laughable (NCJ Daily, Oct. 31). Follow the money and the only winners here are Drax, RCRC and GSNR. A 100-mile radius of forest will be in the hands of the principles that are creating this fiasco. They […]

Editor: I read with interest the letters about the barred versus spotted owls in the Oct. 24 NCJ (Mailbox). Based on the tone and the content, I’d bet my bippy that Ken Burton is the only professional biologist/naturalist among the commenters. When we went to college together, I knew him as hard working and well […]

Editor: The recent opinion piece by Dr. Kim Ervin, “The History of Obstetrical Care in Humboldt County” (Oct. 24), should serve to focus our attention on how healthcare insufficiency has touched us here in Humboldt. The corporate takeover by the huge Catholic entity, Providence, has curtailed free choice and availability for women’s health care. The […]

Editor: Every article I see about housing costs (“Why California Housing Costs Are So High,” Oct. 24) ignores the fire-breathing elephant in the room: the profit motive. These articles always seem to omit the effects of house flippers, the anonymous LLCs buying up mobile home parks and apartment buildings and jacking up the rents, and […]