In the Oct. 27 edition of The Epoch Times, a letter appeared in “The Reader’s Turn” from an individual who claimed that he would never receive the full amount of his contribution from Social Security. That didn’t seem correct to me from my experience, so I checked my old Social Security statements of benefits and…
Social Security as Socialism
I read Ted Yaeger’s contribution “Social Security as Socialism” [in “The Readers’ Turn,” published in the Oct. 27–Nov. 2 edition]! I totally agree. Living in a free country but having no choice concerning an “opt-in or opt-out” of paying into Social Security, to me, is absolute socialism. Because there is no choice, many who pay…
Opinion From a Former Judge
I am a student of law whose age is 85. My first year of college was 68 years ago. One class I took was political science. A half-page of my textbook essentially outlined a few steps to overturn a democracy: Divide the nation philosophically. Foment racial strife. Cause distrust of police authority. Swarm the nation’s…
Understanding the Constitution
Rob Natelson’s articles on the U.S. Constitution have been very enlightening. It would be pleasing if he would expound on two items: The executive order has been used by all presidents since George Washington. What authorizes the use of this dictatorial device? The 14th Amendment states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,…
Public Schools: From Unifiers to Dividers
America was a leader in providing free public schooling to all children. Many rulers feared the educated. America feared the ignorant. The Founding Fathers were resolute that democracy could only work with an educated electorate that could select qualified leaders. The “Three Rs” were important, but most important was critical thinking. People had to be…
Raising the Debt Ceiling
Raising the debt ceiling vote in Congress was the most uncaring and most harmful grandstanding of public trust seen in recent times. Congress was not looking out for the people who voted for them, they were more interested in themselves. The members of Congress know the money that was appropriated for Afghanistan (totaling BILLIONS of…
I Used to Think a MILLION Was a Lot!
I am writing about something that is food for thought. We turn on the news, and a term that I have not heard used frequently, in the last 74 years of my life, is being tossed around, like a football! The term that I am referring to is “TRILLION.” Most common folks don’t ever deal…
Parents Should Be Grateful to BLM
It has always been puzzling why our public schools have had such disdain for the parents whom they are supposed to serve. Not only are parents paying the salaries (and pensions) of the teachers and school administrators in their communities, but public schools were established to operate in loco parentis and, at least in theory,…
Mask Mandates
The article [“Mask Up or Shut Down: Colorado School Given Ultimatum Over Mask Mandate” by Steven Kovac, published in the Sept. 29 edition] is another of the countless examples of how a heavy-handed government will use any excuse available to strip us of our God-given rights and turn us into manageable serfs. Real science shows…
Psyops
Referring to the opinion of Kenneth Vasquez from California [in the Sept. 22 edition of “The Readers’ Turn”]: Kenneth wrote an excellent piece on vaccine mandates. Briefly, he goes into the why of the vaccine mandates and how the government flip-flopped from mask-wearing to no mask-wearing to double mask-wearing. Also, [they said that by] getting…
US News
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