Opinions

From Riches to Rags

Fellow Americans, Venezuela is in crisis, but it shouldn’t be. It has the most oil of any nation on earth. It has a favorable climate to grow crops. It is geographically situated to support shipping. It has a generous supply of precious metals. So why is Venezuela collapsing? It’s because...

America, the Compassionate

Fellow Americans, In the March 27, 2018 edition of the Caldwell County News, I read an interesting article by Dr. Ted Rights regarding immigrants. He wrote about God’s love for us and our duty to love one another, which I agree with. I disagree, however, with Dr. Rights’ assumption that...

Drunken Sailors

Fellow Americans, As I filed my income taxes, I thought about all the ways the federal government is wasting our money. To satisfy my curiosity, I visited the website Citizens Against Government Waste (www.cagw.org) on the internet (you know, what Al Gore invented). I studied their “2017...

Who is Responsible?

Who is responsible for the the Thump fan club? Please get a life and don't ram it down peoples throats that just want to read local news and school activities.. If its your intentions to make people ill your doing it... Nick Morris Kingston, mo.

The Truth Hurts

Fellow Americans, For over two years, I have been writing letters to the editors of several area newspapers, expressing my opinion about issues that affect our country and our civil rights. For the most part, these articles have been well-received. Recently, however, the nice folks at the Citizen...

From Bad to Worse

Fellow Americans, America is the best place on earth to live, period. People from all corners of the world have risked everything to come here in search of a better way of life for their families. Most did it legally because they didn’t want to live in the “shadows” as fugitives. Most had a...

Dump On Trump

Fellow Americans, It’s been over a year since Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States. Since then, there has been a concerted effort to dump on Trump. Career politicians on both sides continue to fight tooth and nail to defeat Trump because he threatens to end their way...

Who will win the "Fake News" Trophy?

Infowars has decided to answer President Trump’s call to hold a contest over which news network is the most “dishonest, corrupt, and distorted” in its political coverage. In other words, who will win the Fake News Trophy? President Trump’s Tweet We should have a contest as to which of the Networks...

Why Roy Moore Matters

By Patrick J. Buchanan Why would Christian conservatives in good conscience go to the polls Dec. 12 and vote for Judge Roy Moore, despite the charges of sexual misconduct with teenagers leveled against him? Answer: That Alabama Senate race could determine whether Roe v. Wade is overturned. The...

Thank You

Fellow Americans, The people who live in China are sure lucky. They get to do exactly as the government dictates, no more and no less. They get to walk to work and put in 12+ hours in an overcrowded factory in some polluted city! Afterward, they get to retire to their modest apartments, where they...