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Letters to the Editor

Clean energy can use coal miners

Dear Editor, When I was in high school in 1957, the Soviet Union sent the first rocket into space and in April 1961 they sent the first man into orbit around the earth. Suddenly the leadership of our nation realized how important it is to have well-educated scientists. President Kennedy ...

Election results part of God’s will

Dear Editor, Forgive us, Father, for we know not what we do. We have allowed ourselves to draw away from You, focusing upon other vain and worldly preoccupations. The nation You’ve given us — America — has backslidden from the God-honoring ways of our founding fathers; and we have ...

Chamber thanks donors to fund

Dear Editor, The Martins Ferry Chamber of Commerce would like to take this time to thank the following for their donation of time and/or money for our Christmas Decorating Fund. First we want to thank the following for their donations: Zontini’s Pizza, Drs. Kramer & Associates, James ...

Trump has been a disaster for veterans

Dear Editor, “We will take care of our great veterans like they have never been taken care of before.” — Donald Trump accepting the Republican nomination President Trump has been in office less than one week, and here’s what he’s done for veterans: 1. Implemented a hiring freeze ...

Combat violence in cities with kindness

Dear Editor, No one needs to read the paper to see what’s going on in Ohio’s major cities. It’s going on in every metropolis across America. Cincinnati is just one of many that has been struggling with murder and violence and chaos. City leaders are baffled both financially and ...

GOP should learn from Dems’ mistakes

Dear Editor, “Obamacare,” the Democrats’ precious gem of socialized medicine, as it emerged in 2009 had more federal mandates than Carter’s got little-liver pills. One of the most unpopular of some 2,000 already required across the various 50 states was the unconstitutional ...