Name calling

March 9, 2017

Editor: After reading Congressman Bill Johnson’s remarks at Saturday’s rally in Lisbon, I have only one word to say: Shame! Shame on Johnson for repeating the lie that certain Democrats didn’t stand and applaud when Carryn Owens was introduced during Trump’s speech to Congress. And shame on the rally attendees who either didn’t know it was a lie or more likely, didn’t care. Johnson is apparently taking his cue from the president and his nonstop lies and misleading statements, since Johnson went on to make misleading statements about the Stream Protection Act and the ...

Don’t undercut our libraries

March 5, 2017

Editor: When Gov. John Kasich rolled out his new two-year state budget last month, he talked about leveraging the strength of Ohio’s public libraries, turning them into “continuous learning centers.” Kasich’s budget also cuts the state public library fund by nearly $7 million next year. Ohio’s public library system has long been one of the state’s bright spots. The state spends more than most on its libraries, and a study last year by the Ohio Library Council found that Ohioans average 7.5 library visits per year, the highest per-capita rate in the country and 51 ...

Medi-caring

March 3, 2017

Editor: I would like to share with your readers some facts on our government run health care plan called Medicare. I think it will benefit both your wallet and health to stay aware on what is going on in Washington. My source of information is The Motley Fool, a reliable financial publication. 1. $684 billion, that’s how much Medicare benefit payments totaled in 2016. They are projected to rise to $709 billion in 2017. 2. There are more than 57 million enrollees in Medicare, as of October 2016. That’s 18 percent of the population or nearly 1 in 5. 3. The ACA or better ...

Horse sense

March 2, 2017

Editor: One bit of information I learned years ago was that history repeats itself. Now it may not be in the exact setting, but if one looks carefully at similarities, we can, as they say, learn from it. I would like to present three scenarios from my childhood and compare them to what we have today and see if there is a lesson to be learned. When I was about five years of age, my favorite television show was the Roy Rogers Show. One of the commercials on the show featured Pink Pudding, which Roy pitched as the greatest. Well, naturally I implored my mom to pick me up some, next time ...

Eco-bums

February 27, 2017

Editor: No event more graphically illustrates the hypocrisy of the left than the recent protest in North Dakota of the Dakota Access Pipeline Project. Initiated by the Sioux Indians, it attracted radicals funded by George Soros, the Southern Poverty Law Center and MoveOn.org. Most of them were on some form of government dole. They came with their pot, crack pipes, crystal meth and hypodermic syringes. They swarmed on a 300-acre site on the banks of the Missouri River and when the protest was finally halted by government authorities, the Army Corps of Engineers was stuck with a ...

No difference

February 27, 2017

Editor: Since Roe vs. Wade, well over 58 million mothers have aborted. No wait, let’s tell it how it is, over 58 million mothers have murdered their child. An unborn child is not like a caterpillar; it is a beautiful, innocent human being, before and after birth. The only difference between killing your child three months before birth and three months after birth is six months. Larry Adkins East Liverpool