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Letters to the Editor

Thinking of how we pick leaders

EDITOR: We are less than a week out from picking a leader for our federal government. For us here in Dickinson County, we are far removed from the federal government. However, whoever is elected on Nov. 5, the country will follow that person for the next four years. I was thinking about a ...

On Election Day, which one, he or she?

Which one checks your boxes? She: Bachelor of science, political science and economics, juris doctor. He: B.S. in economics. She: Political background — Vice president, U.S. senator, attorney general of California, district attorney of San Francisco. He: 45th president and the only ...

1-6-2021 not ‘a day of love’

EDITOR: The Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol has recently been described as a “day of love.” This is unthinkable to those of us who watched on T.V. as an angry, out-of-control mob broke windows to gain entry into the Capitol. We would not call it love, rather a day of hate and chaos. This ...

Misleading ads against Bohnak

That’s it! I can’t take it anymore, so I have to speak out about the Michigan 109th State House District race. We have all been inundated by political ads. The mud-throwing ads attacking Karl Bohnak are especially disturbing. The ads get very personal. One of the ads says when speaking ...

Guidelines for election letters

The Daily News will print letters related to the Nov. 5 general elections through Thursday, Oct. 31, with submissions due no later than 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30. Letters should be no more than 250 words, preferably sent by email. To ensure all can have their say, new letter-writers will take ...

Sperm and egg fusion explained

Last week The Daily News published an article from the Associated Press, stating that scientists from Austria discovered clues showing how fertilization works like a lock and key across the animal kingdom. They discovered that three proteins on the surface of sperm join to form a sort of key ...