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Letters to the Editor

It may be time to re-adjust your calendars

Life begins at conception. Consequently, Dec. 25 the most holy day on the Christian calendar celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ is a mistake. The Bible tells us that Mary, mother of Jesus, went full term. This means that Jesus’ life actually began somewhere around March 25. Believers, ...

Where’s the coverage of bribery and Bidens?

On Wednesday, May 10, the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R), Kentucky held a news conference detailing the bribery issues involving the Biden family. The Oversight Committee has found evidence the Biden family has received at least $10 million from ...

Enraptured perfectly describes Sedaris event

This letter is in response to Clyde Shuman’s May 6 LTE referencing an article Anne Gentry wrote for the April 28 Alpena News edition. Although Mr. Shuman seemed to understand the message underlying Anne’s article, which was to highlight the value of public libraries, he became pedantic over ...

Reading between lines of Thomas’ column

I was disturbed when I read the headline for Cal Thomas’ article in the May 10 issue of The Alpena News: “Christians are treated Trump like a king.” However, my feelings changed when I realized that Mr. Thomas was referring to evangelical Christians. There are millions of us who try to ...

Let’s all be safe during this bicycling season

It’s bicycling season! Let’s all drive alertly and be on the lookout for bicycles and motorcycles. Remember, Michigan law protects bicycles by granting them the same rights and responsibilities as cars and trucks on all Michigan roads except limited access highways (like ...

Fluoridation causing more lost IQ than lead

Estimates of the total child IQ points currently being lost due to fluoridated water in the US are greater than those being lost from childhood lead poisoning [Neurath 2020, Neurath 2021]. Fluoride truly is the new lead. Fluoride is causing substantially greater population-wide loss of IQ ...