DEAR EDITOR: I have never understood how someone who used the phrase “you’re fired” as a cheap punchline on TV came to be accepted as a champion of working folk. Getting fired is a life-changing experience — and not in a good way for most people. Nonetheless, “Celebrity ...

DEAR EDITOR: By writing this letter of protest I am throwing away my good name and becoming a target of vilification. But the time for protest is slipping away fast. My conscience tells me, “Don’t be the good German who stayed silent during the Holocaust of WWII! Look at the reality, ...

DEAR EDITOR: In reference to a letter mocking and degrading President Trump saying he was saved by God in the assassination attempt: The writer also wrote “that belief implies that God directed Booth’s bullet into Lincoln’s brain.” Guess he hasn’t heard of free will, which God ...

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing to express my deep concern regarding U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli’s (R-Salem) decision to hire Mike Peppel as the congressman’s new communications director. Peppel set up a charity, “Ohio Clean Water Fund” to raise funds for East Palestine residents affected by ...

As a subscriber and reader of your newspaper for over 50 years, I really appreciated your Feb. 12 column by editor Ed Puskas. I will follow your information and analytical recommendation, and I sincerely hope that others will do the same, as you stated. Everyone must take a deep breath. — ...

DEAR EDITOR: The total lack of empathy shown by 47 as he turned a sympathy message to families of 67 people grieving loved ones lost in the DC air crash into a MAGA rant against DEI is one of the more disgusting recent examples of his narcissistic character. Angered by a press question as to ...