letters

To the editor: There are laws that you can't buy hard liquor until you are 21 years of age. There are laws that you can't buy weapons until you are 21 years of age. There are laws that you can't buy cigarettes until you are 21 years of age. (Stevens County also may enact that law.)...

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To the editor: Over the years, I have said, and had it said to me, "you have done very well for a farm kid." But, we, who grew up on farms, were successful not in spite of being farm kids, but because we were farm kids. We learned to rise early, work hard in the cold and the heat...

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To the editor: It is that time of year again when in the hustle and bustle of the holidays the sight of the Salvation Army's Christmas Kettles and the sound of the bells remind us to be thankful for what we have and to think of others less fortunate. Often when people think of those...

To the editor: "Life, for me, is what happens in the everyday world." So said a letter to the editor dated November 10, 2018. The writer went on to explain his view; that "life does not begin when a sperm fertilizes an egg, that abortion is not the taking of a human life." I beg...

To the editor: In a Nov. 17 letter to the editor to the Stevens County Times, Donald Main prays that "our local students in school and university, who are Christians, do not succumb to teachers and professors who seek to rob them of their faith." For 30 years now I have taught junior...

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To the editor: When I was teaching at the University of Kentucky in the 1990s, a former student of mine stopped by my office to chat. After a few awkward minutes, she started crying and then told me why she came to see me. She was then a legal assistant at a very Christian law firm....

To the editor: Let's start with the Preamble to the Constitution, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of...

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To the editor: With all the discussion on being educated in previous letters to the editor, this excellent piece came to mind and thought we would share it after receiving permission from Freelance Poet/Writer, Carolyn Caines (cmcaines@comcast.net). TO BE EDUCATED by Carolyn Caines...

To the editor: In my opinion our current State Representative Jeff Backer has been a very divisive figure. As a politician he has figured out how to surround himself with hardcore supporters and to shut out any other voices from among his constituents. When asked about actual issues...

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