Hispanics, Latinos too often stereotyped

February 7, 2025

I hope it’s not intentional, but lately there have been condescending references to Hispanics and Latinos. While often used interchangeably, “Hispanic” refers to people with ancestry from Spanish-speaking countries, including Spain, while “Latino” refers to people with origins from Latin America, which excludes Spain and includes countries where languages other than Spanish may be spoken, like Brazil (Portuguese); basically “Hispanic” is based on language, while “Latino” is based on geographic origin. Recently, a guest on “The View” asked, “if the immigrants ...

Faithful newspaper carrier not forgotten

February 6, 2025

Something strange happened near the beginning of January; our daily newspaper wasn’t on our front porch like it always is just waiting for us to retrieve it. We decided to read it online and go about our day, but commented several times how odd that was that it never came. The next morning, as we always do, we went in search of the paper, only to find it not arriving again. It was so commonplace for it to ALWAYS be there that our neighbor yelled over “hey did you get your paper,” to which we replied “no” and agreed that is very strange. Our paper has been delivered by ...

America urged to learn from history

February 5, 2025

Fifty-nine days is the time it took for Hitler to control the German people and republic. Fearfully, I worry that the United States is heading in the direction that Germany went under that fascist leader. One only has to see how Donald Trump’s hundreds of executive orders these past weeks are negatively fashioning the fabric of American life. They are changing our society from one of compassion and caring to one of heartlessness and inhumanity. Our government is now run by criminals, cheats and liars. These officials only have one concern — taking total control of our lives. ...

Trump didn’t follow law with pardons

February 4, 2025

As a person who respects the rule of law, I was appalled to learn about one of Donald Trump’s first decisions as president. Unconditionally pardoning the 1,500-plus rioters who stormed the Capitol, and then were found guilty of doing so, flies in the face of all of us who support the rule of law. Such a foolish and brazen move is not surprising for this president, a convicted felon himself. He says he supports the police and then issues a pardon of those who stormed the Capitol in order to prevent the peaceful transition of power. This mob acted on Trump’s strong ...

We must be heard by our representatives

February 3, 2025

American voters put Donald Trump in office. Recognizing the deference senators, representatives and the Supreme Court majority show to President Trump, this means the federal government rests almost exclusively with him. We created this ultra-centralized situation. We have the duty to demand government actions comport with our values. The early days of the unitary decision-making regime have seen the pardon of hundreds of violent criminals who confessed or were convicted of attacking police officers and Congress, silencing of federal scientific agencies as a bird flu epidemic is ...

Biden-Harris policies were successful

January 30, 2025

Under the Biden-Harris administration, these bills were passed — the American Rescue Plan, The inflation Reduction Bill, The PactAct for Veterans, The Chips and Science Act. Prescription prices were lowered for seniors, over 16 million jobs and 35,000 infrastructure projects were created. Manufacturing spending grew over 200%, lowest unemployment rate since 1969, the GDP is now at 4.9%, the stock market went from 19,000 to 42,000. But some voters didn’t want this kind of success; instead, they wanted Donald Trump, who increased the deficit by $7.8 trillion, lost 2.9 million ...