August 8, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
The “border crisis,” if you believe Donald Trump, is an unstoppable flood of violent criminals, escapees from prisons, mentally ill people, drug dealers, people bent on voting Democratic, and others that we Americans should be hysterically angry about. If you believe your lying eyes, the refugees arriving at our southern… Read story
August 8, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
When I read the Letters to the Editor in The Columbian and find off-the-wall statements, I look down to see who has written them and lo and behold Roy Schimelphenig is the author. I then stop reading them. Read story
August 8, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Since Joe Biden’s departure from the upcoming presidential cycle, there has been a recapitulation in the evolving story of our nation. Yes, Kamala Harris has surprisingly ignited a fervor unseen in decades, but it has been Donald Trump’s and the GOP’s response that has been the catalyst to this transformation. Read story
August 7, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
In this political season, I have three words to discuss. Strangely, they all begin with the letter W. Read story
August 7, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
The letter from James Ault (“Some in Congress are despicable,” Our Readers’ Views, July 31) is pretty rich coming from someone who regularly lauds Republicans. Read story
August 7, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
The Columbian endorsed Leslie Lewallen as the Republican candidate best suited to be our U.S. representative (“In Our View: Perez, Lewallen best suited for Congress seat,” In Our View, July 13). Read story
August 7, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
When England occupied Palestine, their justification for the occupation was that the Palestinian people were incapable of governing themselves. Read story
August 6, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Mr. Schimelpfenig (“Trump will fight for us,” Our Readers’ Views, July 30) assaults our common sense, what we know to be right, ordinary decency, and the truth when he opines what Mr. Trump wants us to fight for: Read story
August 6, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
Just over two years ago, a majority of the Supreme Court justices, including three nominated by MAGA Republican Donald Trump, overturned the constitutionally guaranteed right to an abortion, holding that the issue should be resolved by the states. Not surprisingly, half of the states now prohibit or severely restrict a… Read story
August 6, 2024, 6:00am Letters to the Editor
In 1989, five Black and Latino boys were wrongfully convicted of raping a white woman jogging in New York’s Central Park. Donald Trump paid $85,000 to take out advertising space in four New York newspapers under the headline “Bring Back The Death Penalty.” Read story
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