Opinion

 

Bringing it back to center, back to home

Recently I caught up with several good friends over lunch and, within 20 minutes, we divulged huge life news that was surprising to the rest of the group. As I sat there with these ladies who I know very well, I realized how strange it is that as a society we’ve come to know more about what’s going on across the world than across the street.

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Library employees are a dedicated lot

When I worked at our Macon County library, I saw its many uses. Library workers are a special breed that come in many stripes but what unites them is that they all consider the provision of knowledge and research materials to be an over-arching goal. 

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GOP silence is frightening
 

GOP silence is frightening

To the Editor:

This is for Sen. Thom Tillis, Sen. Ted Budd and Rep. Chuck Edwards,

Every day I continue to be saddened, dismayed, shocked and angry at the spate of executive orders being issued by Mr. Trump and the unauthorized actions being carried out by Elon Musk, who was not elected.

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Partisan school board system a bad idea
 

Partisan school board system a bad idea

To the Editor:

I was dismayed to learn that Jackson County’s all-Republican commissioners voted to approve a resolution to make local school board elections partisan.

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These are dangerous times
 

These are dangerous times

To the Editor:

Who’s writing the script on the United States’ approach towards Ukraine and Russia? Trump or Putin?

• February 18 — Trump falsely claims Ukraine started the war with Russia. That’s a win for Putin. 

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Trump’s mantra: let’s make a deal
 

Trump’s mantra: let’s make a deal

To the Editor:

In answer to a reporter’s question at Mar-a-Lago on February 18 about the war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump said, as if he was speaking directly to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky: “You could have made a deal.”

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Why should I pay my taxes?
 

Why should I pay my taxes?

To the Editor:

I want to let Sen. Tillis, Sen. Budd and Rep. Chuck Edwards know that it’s difficult to understand why Congress expects me to pay federal taxes. 

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DOGE and Trump are uncovering fraud
 

DOGE and Trump are uncovering fraud

To the Editor:

First of all, I think it’s very important for everyone in our area to do their research and fact check the information before forming their opinions. We have been misled for years. 

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This is not how to run a business
 

This is not how to run a business

To the Editor:

Who likes taxes, Anyone … anyone? Right. Nobody.

So firing almost 7,000 Internal Revenue Service employees is good, right? Wait a minute, do I still have to pay taxes?  

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