One of the 2,000+ “No Kings” rallies and protests held nationwide, the gathering was part of Indivisible Cherry Valley’s efforts to preserve democracy and stand up against an increasingly authoritarian administration.…
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Letters To The Editor - Page 28
Many people misunderstand the good points of rounding up various people and deporting them. I am all in favor of it, as long as they are truly criminals. For example, I know of a man with recent multiple convictions, by judge and jury trials...…
Four-fifths of our national debt—over $36 trillion—is available for the public to own and, of that $29 trillion, over two-thirds, stays in the U.S., from Peterson Foundation data. Although there are caps on how much of this debt you can invest in each year, there is no overall limit on how much you can own.…
The current administration abruptly canceled USDA programs that offered U.S.-grown food to food banks at low or no cost, as well as programs that enabled pantries and schools to purchase food from local farmers.…
Looking at the U.S. discretionary budget, one sees that the defense budget takes money out of our children’s mouths. SNAP, school lunches, etc. are being cut. Our defense budget has spent about $23 billion to date to help Israel destroy Gaza; a bombardment that the world demands stop.…
Limericist Waldo Johnston pays homage to Martin Luther King Jr.…
As a first sign of spring, yes, “swaths of golden cheer” provide hope as they appear on the roadsides, sometimes poking through the snow. Even after the footlike leaves appear, and only grow to 3-4 inches, they stay on the roadside and do not try to work themselves into garden areas.…
Dr. Clifton Wharton Jr. and his wife, Dolores Wharton, who died June 7th, were the two most accomplished people I have ever known. And I have known popes and presidents. In their retirement, they were summer residents of Cooperstown. Clif was a WWII fighter pilot, PhD in economics from the University of Chicago, CEO of SUNY, TIAA, Rockefeller Foundation, and Michigan State. Dolores was equally accomplished.…
Waldo Johnston weighs in poetically on Alejandro Mayorkas' border.…
I met Ruth Bader Ginsberg at The Glimmerglass Festival. She was standing behind me at the bar. I turned to her and asked, “What’ll you have, Judge ?” She looked up, “White wine.” I turned to the bartender, got the wine and handed it to the judge while her bodyguards glared at me.…
