DEAR EDITOR: In a recent letter to the editor, a New Middletown writer asked, “What is a riot or a peaceful march?” The Jan. 6 attack on our Capitol was a riot. It is unforgivable and should be burned in our minds forever. Trump calls the rioters patriots because they did it at his ...

DEAR EDITOR: Did you know there is a bronze plaque that was made to honor the police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol and fought the mobs that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021? Despite House Speaker Mike Johnson saying he would display it for all visitors to see, it has STILL not ...

DEAR EDITOR: Our Republican-led Congress, acting on orders from 47, voted to rescind previously allocated funds that supported public media. They at least dropped the facade that this cut had anything to do with limiting spending, as the money saved by the cut amounted to a little less ...

DEAR EDITOR: Long ago, I signed up for monthly donations to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (NPR and PBS) and seldom regretted it. Although some of its programming is a bit woke for my taste, our nation’s unvarnished history and an alternative take of certain events give us a ...

DEAR EDITOR: Thank you for your July 22 editorial urging readers to ignore Trump’s attempt to distract them with his disruptive team-naming proposals while his focus belongs elsewhere. It is becoming painfully obvious, even to the 26% of voters who supported ever more outlandish Trump rants, ...

DEAR EDITOR: The House Oversight Committee needs to stop wasting time and money on Joe Biden and look into the mental health and welfare of everyday Americans trying to survive while under attack from our so-called “government.” I suggest the committee do the job its members were ...