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Time for Americans to speak up

To the editor: President Trump continues with a series of deranged episodes that, after 250 years of inspirational leadership, are tanking our democracy and our respect at home and around the world. We are already a laughingstock of the troubled world that Trump has made infinitely worse. The ...

Protect our right to petition

To the editor: Anyone who has lived in Southwest Florida is well aware how degraded our area’s waterways have become, and the groundwater resources we can’t see have been depleted to a point where lawn/yard watering has been restricted. The current drought further exacerbates these issues. ...

The U.S. Constitution is the people’s document

To the editor: I’d like to submit the following as an open letter to Rep. Byron Donald’s after last night’s Town Hall. Dear Congressman Donalds, Wow. Monday night’s town hall was — how do I say this diplomatically? — a masterclass in “intellectually honest” gaslighting. And ...

Right to petition almost gone

To the editor: Very quietly our Florida legislators are destroying average citizens’ right to petition their government, a fundamental right that allows citizens to peacefully ask for their grievances and concerns to be heard. This is an essential right that allows citizens to participate in ...

Don’t buy into anti-tariff ‘news’

To the editor: Interesting how people can become so excited over an event, major as it is and display such a lack of knowledge about what is happening.  The new tariff action by Trump is long overdue. China charges 67%, Japan charges 46%, South Korea charges 50% and the European Union charge ...