Letters to the Editor

No dollar is safe To the editor:    While we were being told how good for us the Inflation Reduction Act would be, the Biden/Harris administration was robbing the Medicare Trust Fund. Drug costs are capped for Medicare beneficiaries; now we know how.

Still enjoying that first trail

Shortly after we first moved here in 2020, I suggested we find a local trail and take a family walk.    Matthew took us to the greenway trail next to the Old Clarkesville Mill.    We enjoyed exploring, and seeing the potential.

Vote early

Early voting started this week.    While there’s something special about voting on Election Day, we encourage you to vote early.    Why?    Because this election is looking like another close one between Republicans and Democrats and you never know what’s going to happen.

Letters to the Editor

A preventable maternal death To the editor:    Nearly 50 percent of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned. Of these, many are also unwanted, as was the case for Amber Nicole Thurman.

Hellish hurricanes help put things into perspective

Albert Einstein theorized that things (such as time, space, mass and motion) are relative. To me, that suggests putting things into perspective.    In a seven-day span, my personal perspective couldn’t have been more powerful if a jackhammer had been pounding inside my brain.

Why does journalism matter?

This week, Oct. 6-12, is National Newspaper Week. Since journalists are the heart of the newspaper industry, we’ve been asked to answer the question above — why does journalism matter?    Samantha Sinclair: Whether I realized it or not, I always wanted to be a reporter.

Letters to the Editor

What can we do? To the editor:    Is it me, or has about half this country lost focus on what is important?    Let me propose a question. Would you let a perfect stranger live in your home?  I’m speaking about a person who shows up at your doorstep unannounced and walks right in.

A little motivation

There are good days, and there are bad days.    The good days are more often, and sometimes do have bad moments, but it seems like the bad days are hitting much harder now.

Your local paper is here to stay

Your local newspaper is here to serve.    Our Mission is to publish a distinguished and profitable community newspaper. The entire mission statement is in the lower left-hand corner of this page. In every edition you will find it there.

Letters to the Editor

Be sure to vote To the editor:    As I listen to the nightly news, it is becoming clear to me that we are being gradually led to slaughter by the Biden administration, and with no apology. It is astonishing to me that President Biden could place so many regulations on us without even one excuse.