Letters + Opinion

Editor: Sheila Evans’ letter (Mailbox, June 26) mentions outcryai.com, which she describes as a “positive” use of AI. The site is an abusive exploitation of people’s tendency to think that if AI says it, it must be the truth. It presents the point of view of its developers, rather than an “old-fashioned” attempt to get at the […]

Editor: My compliments to the Eureka Police Department (EPD) for doing a stellar job prioritizing public safety at the No Kings rally on Saturday.  I was positioned at the curb on the east side Fifth Street between J and K streets. An EPD officer was parked in the alley across the street from us keeping […]

Editor: I worked for nearly 60 years and depend on Social Security. This isn’t a handout — it’s a promise that millions of us older Americans have paid into with every paycheck and have earned. This administration is dismantling an essential program, closing offices, cutting hotlines and spreading misinformation to justify these attacks. As an elder […]

Editor: President Trump commented recently that targeting California farming and hospitality workers for deportation left these industries “hurt badly” by the loss of reliable workers. He felt the workers had been mostly taken, because they don’t have “maybe what they’re supposed to have,” and he feared their replacements would be criminals. To solve this, Trump […]

Editor: This federal government is aggressively destroying our medical infrastructure: Funds for Medicaid are being shrunk, grants for medical research have been canceled and the federal organizations that physicians rely on are being decimated by firings, funding cuts and inappropriate personnel substitutions. What this means for you, our patients, is that your physicians and medical […]

Dear Editor: Collin Yeo’s most excellently written “Computer World” (June 19) damnation of AI resonated with me. I had a very similar, but not as well worded, email discussion on the topic this past week. My correspondent replied with an option that has altered my perspective: His friend’s son, a longtime activist/co-founder of Occupy Wallstreet, […]

Editor: Dear community members, I have been a pediatrician in this community for over 30 years but no matter which political party was in charge, I have never seen the federal government actively trying to destroy our medical system (“Feds Impact in Humboldt,” May 29). The actions taken by this administration are unconscionable. Our ability […]

Editor: The discredited Steele Dossier, implicating Putin’s manipulation of Trump, was brought forward by the Clinton campaign in 2016. Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, would not disclose his sources (to protect them?), questioning the authenticity of its content. Nine years later, it appears that it could be very credible. A 1962 film, The […]

Editor: Kristi Noem said something outrageous at a press conference, so Sen. Alex Padilla tried to ask her a question and got pushed out of the room, onto the ground, and handcuffed by federal agents. The treatment of Padilla got the press coverage, but Noem’s statement deserves more attention. She said: “The Department of Homeland […]

Editor: We’re living through a slow-burning constitutional collapse, and too many Americans are watching as though it were a television drama instead of a national emergency. Donald Trump has made his intentions clear — he admires dictators, threatens the press, promises revenge, and incites violence without shame. Why are we pretending this is normal political […]

Editor: Several thousand people attended the “No Kings” demonstration in Eureka, on Saturday. It was truly awesome! Over a thousand also attended the rally at Madaket Square. At 12:30 p.m., the crowd began marching to the courthouse, instructed to stay on the sidewalks and observe signals. My granddaughter and I were near the front of […]