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Abdul El Sayed is not a Democrat

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Even a Democratic strategist admits that the party is not the party of JFK, nor Barak Obama. The Democratic party is embracing socialism. And it sounds WONDERFUL! Free housing, free medical care, free education. Socialism by it's very definition is "the means of production, distribution and exchange should be owned and regulated by the community as a whole." As in, owned by the government, then redistributed. So are you ready for your income to be collected and redistributed? Are government housing and food stamp programs something for you? Would you be exempt? When we were young we ...

Relentless criticism and unwarranted attacks

Letters to the Editor

For a little over three years, we have all watched four of our school board members face repeated and relentless criticism and unwarranted attacks from local liberal parties in Alpena. The ringleaders are interchangeable organizations called "Build a Better Board" and the "Alpena Democratic Party". Why this behavior by these groups? Because the 4 four claim to be conservative and Christian. Look at these groups and see who is involved and who they support. What concerns me most is the issues the political left is pushing on students/parents/APS. Their stances are: Are parents ...

No Kings anywhere

Letters to the Editor

Today, October 17th, there are thousands of rallies and marches taking place across our nation declaring we are a country of No Kings and that we want to remain a country with No Kings. The rallies and marches today will focus on voting; urging our citizens to exercise this right in the upcoming mid-term elections. Specifically No Kings is about the wealthy, and the power they claim, when they use their wealth to influence elections and even outright purchase the outcomes they want. Elections are supposed to be for the people, by the people. “We the people” means all of us, not just ...

Who do the political parties work for?

Editorials and columns

We are less than three weeks away from the 2026 election. Are you ready? Some folks have already begun to vote via mail-in ballots, or early in-person voting. The key question isn’t how you will vote, but if you will vote? In our form of Government, some call a democracy, others call it a ...

What happened to initiative?

Editorials and columns

Two years after voters tossed Democrats from power in Washington, polls show they are ready to switch sides again. Does it make sense to welcome back a party and its ideas that were so recently rejected? The reason so many voters are frustrated by both parties is that they have been putting ...

A Culture of Death

Editorials and columns

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." -- Voltaire (1694-1778) A government that claims the authority to kill persons after they have been subdued, disarmed, tried, convicted and confined in prison has ...