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Looking for good role models

Clearly it’s desirable to have a president that will be a role model for our children. What will our children learn from Donald Trump (a person whose life is the antithesis of the life of Jesus) who continually distorts and lies, who calls people who disagree with him nasty names like a 5th-grade schoolyard bully, who is thrice married and has had extra-marital excursions, who is narcissistic in the extreme, who has admired dictators, who gave a massive tax cut to the already morbidly rich, who denigrated members of our armed services, and being sociopathic is void of any empathy for ...

Swift cartoon hurts young girls

Your choice of publishing the Friday, Sept 13 cartoon commentary by Stiglich was poorly researched and inappropriate. Swift herself is a credible role model who was actually protecting her hacked Instagram and followers (with her political post) from fake political claims and quotes. Her actual post encouraged voting registration. She has a right to indicate who her favored candidate is, express her art, and protect her influential Instagram site from liars who claim to be her. So be careful with the use of your publishing, and what it infers. This one, in particularly, affects ...

Faith Perspective: Science can only explain so much

Science explains many things but not everything. The most important truths are beyond its reach. Charles Lindbergh said that science is a path that “disappears in mystery.” The July 3-9, 2024, issue of The Epoch Times tells about Anna Katherina Ehmer, a German woman born in 1895 who was mentally disabled and died when she was only 26. Known as Kathe (Kathy in German), she never spoke until the last half hour of her life. Kathe was put in a metal institution when she was 6 and stayed there until her death 20 years later. What happened before she died, The Epoch Times described as ...

You have our gratitude, Joe

Your political career began as the youngest person ever elected to Congress. You end your career as the most experienced person to hold the office of President. Undoubtedly, the decision to give up power and pass the torch was not an easy one. Throughout your 50 years of dedicated service you have kept faith with the American people. You have exemplified the highest principles and values of this great nation. You chose country over self. Thank you, Joe. You selected a highly qualified cabinet that looks like America. You chose the first Native American to ever hold a cabinet position ...

Spotlight on corrections crisis

I have 26 years of working in corrections and have worked in every prison in the U.P. I understand the shortage of corrections officers and it is nothing new; this has been going on for years and even decades. I have witnessed the high level of stress and the burnout of my fellow workers. It is time to put this crisis to an end. At one time, corrections jobs were coveted; they had good pay, decent benefits and enough staffing to ensure safe coverage. As time went on, wages started to slack, pensions were dissolved and staff had to pay more for their health care. Staff were also laden ...

Faith perspective: Family values questioned

Having just spent an ideal week with family who were visiting from the other side of the country, I am exhausted and grateful. How wonderful it is to see our grandchildren begin to stretch their wings and trust the air as they look ahead! Humans are social animals, and it is our compassionate nature that will guide us as we deal with enormous environmental challenges and bring peace with justice to this world. It occurs to me that “family values” can counteract an ethical perspective that relates each of us to every community we inhabit. I raised our sons in the 1970s, when many ...