Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, Interesting letters from Mr. Mike Nelson and Mr. Butch Meriwether in the Sept. 4, edition of The Standard. I do have a question for you to consider. Mr. Nelson: Do you realize fossil fuels exist in a finite quantity? What do you suppose future generations will use instead, when fossil fuels are exhausted? And Mr. Meriwether: You say, “I myself would rather drive on my quad to the location where the bugs or flowers are so I could take a picture of them.” Where would you go to take a picture of a passenger pigeon? I understand the…

Dear Editor, Every day in America, millions of parents and caregivers travel to work, school, and after-school activities with their children. While many of those children are riding in correctly installed car seats for their ages and sizes, most are not. On average, two children under 13 were killed and an estimated 376 were injured every day in 2017 while riding in cars, SUVs, pickups, and vans. While these numbers are significantly lower than they were in 2016 – an eight percent decrease in fatalities, and a 19 percent decrease in the estimated injuries – there is still more work…

Dear Editor, Wow! You live long enough and you think you have seen and read almost everything. Then a letter appears in the newspapers which shocks the sensibilities such as “Schiff blasts democrats” in the Aug. 21 edition. How does anyone equate his statement, “it is the turning out of voters that wins elections,” with the FACT Hillary Clinton garnered just shy of three million MORE votes than Donald Trump, yet she is NOT our president elect? Majority rules, I think not. It seems the antiquated electoral college actually elects the president, thereby engendering the thought (my vote really doesn’t…

Dear Editor, While shopping at my local Walmart, I happened to be standing in line behind a young lady and three young children. I will assume by the looks of her grocery cart, they were all her children. As she began to unload her nearly over-flowing cart, I was jealous! There were so many snacks, i was almost drooling. Everything from chips, to bakery items, and everything in between. Ah yes. Who else remembers being able to enjoy those things, every single day? We should be rewarded for living this many years. But alas, we are now punished with HEALTHY…

Dear Editor, I finally know what I am, deplorable and a white nationalist. Please you socialists, explain to me what that is. I know that nationalist Taiwan is a country. Please explain to me in language I can understand what I am! I understand we have a socialist club in town that is very active. Let’s hear your side of the equation. Now I want to tell you my side of the climate change issue. When I was growing up one of my best friends was the climatologist for the Portland, Ore., weather bureau. We had a lot of very…