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Editor: I have struggled since the election to find some way to express my disgust and frustration that a clown who is a convicted felon could be elected to the presidency of this country … for a second time!!! It is almost beyond comprehension, and yet, there it is. I have been musing as to […]

Editor: Happy 2025. Let’s take a moment and look at some of the events of 2024 and of 2020 (Top 10 Stories of 2024, Dec. 26). In 2024, Sen. McGuire was in town for the annual food drive over the Christmas Holidays. The need is greater than ever, as the food bank is now serving […]

Editor: Thank you for the article in praise of the life of Mark Campbell (‘A Big Heart,’ Dec. 19). His family, friends and the community lost a very special human. Surely, after a life full of purpose and good deeds, he earned angel wings upon his ascension to the other side.  Teresa MacClelland, Humboldt Hill […]

Editor: I am not sure whether Bill Hassler was writing tongue-in-cheek, or whether he just hadn’t thought his argument through (Mailbox, Dec. 19). I believe, though he doesn’t explicitly state it, he was referring to the recent election results when he said, “Most people are just too dumb to know what’s in their best interest, let alone […]

Editor: I had composed this letter for last week’s NCJ but decided it was pointless to send it as everyone would be settled down by now. I was wrong (Mailbox, Dec. 19). Guys, guys. It’s over! Your guy lost. Get a life. I know we’re all going to hell in a handbasket and that we […]

Editor: President-elect Donald Trump appears to be continuing in his role as “The Merchant of Self-Branded Stuff” (Mailbox, Dec. 12). At one time, such behavior might have been considered tacky for a soon-to-be president, but apparently not for Trump today. In this role, Trump just released a new line of men’s and women’s colognes at […]

Editor: In response to news of the $4.5-million price put on his head earlier this month by President Biden’s “America the Beautiful” challenge grant (NCJ Daily, Dec.10), the Barred Owl signals his rage: “When Moon unmasks your naked face, and gilds your gun with diamonds green, I mark your progress from afar. You stumble toward […]

Editor: The older Journal archives are not easily searchable. The “local newspaper” that labeled Patty Berg “the Energizer Bunny?” It was the Journal in a July 10, 2003, cover story (“Eye of the Storm.”) I didn’t know her well in those days but later I was honored to become one of Patty’s girlfriends — once […]

Editor: By all measures, the United States was hit hard by the COVID pandemic. It was real. Unemployment, scarcity of essential parts and consumer products, medical overwhelm, reduced education for children, anxiety, fear, distrust of masks and shots, and polarized actions. All of these factors collectively caused economic and societal pain and anguish. All in […]

Editor: As the stable genius, President-elect Donald Trump, nonchalantly stated right smack dab in the middle of a horrifyingly deadly global pandemic, “It is what it is.” To him, it was the “kung flu” and it would soon go away. And now he’s slated to run this country of 345 million people … again (Mailbox, Dec. 5). So, when the […]

Editor: The democrat regime in Sacramento plans to use their super majority to “Trump-proof” California again (“Top Dems Say They Won’t Just ‘Trump-proof’ CA, They’ll Make it Affordable Again,” Dec. 5), rather than help the citizens of California. They convened a special session this month to earn more per-diem payments on top of their already […]

Editor: Thank you, Thadeus Greenson for your wonderful tribute to Patty Berg (“The Fearless Force,” Nov. 28). You wrote very well about her and shared many wonderful tributes by those who knew her, worked with her and expressed her many contributions to our county and we who live here. Dave Rosso, Eureka Related Stories