Letters To The Editor

Public school districts across the United States are disbursed funds from the state governments for children attending school, and funds are withheld for those who are absent. The hundreds or thousands of paranoid extremist parents who kept their children home from school on right-wing hysteria surrounding President Barack Obama’s speech urging kids to “stay in […]

The Tea Party Conservatives are attempting to rip a page from the ’60s protest movement. The question is: Where were they when millions of their fellow Americans were protesting a multi-trillion-dollar war?

 Initially, I gave Obama credit on being bright and perceptive—if nothing else.   Lately, noticing the dredges and retreads he’s been attempting to infuse into our political system, I submit I’m not correct all the time.

Friday, Sept. 11, marks the eighth anniversary of the deadliest crime recorded within our borders. On that fateful day in 2001, thousands of lives were lost as three New York City towers crumbled to dust at the speed of gravity. Improbable as it was, the crime has never been honestly investigated. It did, however, provide […]

The liberals don’t want tort reform, or over-state-line competition. That will save billions to any person or business paying for health insurance. Why won’t the Democrats or Obama demand this now?

I am embarrassed and somewhat ashamed with what passes as health-care reform discussions in recent public forums.   There is yet to be a single bill put on the floor of either the House or the Senate for a vote. As I write this, both houses are still in recess.   In their absence, a […]

What is wrong with the radical opposition to reasonable health-care reform? Soon after the death of Senator Kennedy, Mike Huckabee, former governor and presidential candidate and minister, declared that, had the currently proposed health-care reform been in place, Senator Kennedy would have been forced to go home to die after his diagnosis of a brain […]

Instead of calling our hot dry weather “fire weather,” which sets us up for having a fire, how about calling it “fire prevention weather.” This would set us up to prevent fires.

Marines of the Coastal Valleys—including the communities of Santa Maria, Orcutt, Santa Ynez, Solvang, Buellton, Lompoc, Los Alamos, Los Olivos, and Guadalupe—have gathered together to form a new Marine Corps League detachment. Marine Corps League Coastal Valleys Detachment 1340 has officially been chartered.   The Marine Corps League is dedicated to helping active duty and […]

Regardless of where Congress goes with health care, isn’t it time we paid attention to our own health-care footprints? A study appearing in this month’s Journal of the American Medical Association says that you can reduce your risk of chronic diseases—such as diabetes, stroke, cancer, and heart disease—by 80 percent just by following four simple […]

As a member of AARP, I oppose any governmental involvement in health care! I have no confidence in my elected officials in Washington, D.C., since their current and past actions of mismanagement for Medicare, Social Security, and bail-out plans for undeserving companies speak volumes! The average American has no voice in government any longer, since […]

One of the most ignorant arguments against health-care reform is that we will then have government making decisions about health care options. So am I to assume that those who are afraid of that are OK with CEOs and “for-profit” corporate bureaucrats making those decisions?  Who do they think is making those decisions now? It’s […]