Opinions

To the editor: The Princess Theater board would like to thank everyone who joined us for our Marquee Jubilee on September 7 and 8. We were blessed with the many talented musicians, historians, and dancers of our community. We are very thankful to everyone who attended and made the weekend such a success. We would…

To the editor: To Ms. Leota M. Lipovac of Urbandale, Iowa in response to your Letter to the Editor in last week’s Mt. Ayr Record News…… Finally, a voice of wisdom and reason has echoed across the seemingly endless sea of political rantings that have become commonplace in the Letter to the Editor column of…

To the editor: Fox News on September 18 reported inflation under Biden-Harris administration: gas~35%; groceries~21%, energy~32%, daycare~18%, rent~23%, car insurance~56%, and transportation~28%. Put aside the hatred drumbeat by liberal media and every Democrat that can find a microphone and states, “Trump is a threat to Democracy.” The real threat to Democracy is the Democrats. No…

To the editor: In Tuesday night’s debate, Donald Trump told another one of his “big lies.” This time targeting Haitian immigrants in the town of Springfield, Ohio with the charge that they were eating people’s pets–dogs and cats. And, like the “big lie,”of the stolen 2020 election, this lie is hurting people, not that that…

To the editor: Thomas Edison, a man with incredible gifts and a talent for innovation. A man who created the light bulb and telegraph as well as over 2,000 other patents in his lifetime. If you remember from your history textbooks, Edison tried and failed 2,774 times for the light bulb, but on the 2,775th…

To the editor: The following is a quote from Booker T. Washington and remains, perhaps, even more relevant during the 2024 election cycle: “A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.” Leota M. Lipovac Urbandale  

To the editor: Project 2025 will eliminate the Medicare Shared Savings Program. This program helps to lower the cost of Medicare, and getting rid of it will likely mean that Medicare will cost more. It will repeal the Inflation Reduction Act. This law lowers the cost of prescription drugs for people on Medicare, and getting…

To the editor: As a former social studies teacher, history and government, I cannot let Trump’s diatribe at a rally in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania go unanswered. He called Kamala Harris a fascist and a communist. I would like to refer you to a basic study of comparative political systems called “Today’s Isms,” by William Ebenstein. First published…

To the editor: Project 2025’s education agenda proposes a drastic overhaul of federal education policy, from early childhood through higher education. Here’s just a sample of the Project 2025 education-related recommendations: • Dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (ED) • Eliminate the Head Start program for young children in poverty • Discontinue the Title I…

To the editor: Last Thursday, Donald Trump made a statement comparing the Medal of Honor with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His remarks were made at his private golf club in Bedminster to mega donor Miriam Adelson to whom he gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom while he was in office. He said, and I quote,…