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Posts published in “Letters”

Beware the welfare state

To the Editor, Americans love their cars, and buy lots of them (816 per 1,000 people). Europeans also love cars, but buy lots fewer (France…

Reader supports Pritchard for commissioner

To the Editor, I urge the members of the current Mount Airy city council to select John Pritchard to fill the vacant commissioner-at-large seat (see…

Questions on spending COVID money

To the Editor, Remember the Mount Airy News article of 16 July 2021 where the “City [is] to ponder use of federal COVID funds” was…

Overspending and hyperinflation a danger?

To the Editor, The US is almost $30 trillion in debt, but Mr Biden insists on expanding our already bloated Welfare state. Paying for it…

Relinquish your seat, Commissioner Yokeley

To the Editor, Putting aside the fact that our elected officials were blindsided by the terms of a recent $1.73 million federal grant they accepted…

Glad commissioners made a stand

To the Editor, Thank goodness Surry County Commissioners have some sense. Larry Johnson probably has stock in Coca Cola; ergo, his attempt to abstain on…

White privilege or simple values?

To the Editor, Recently we’ve been told by the Democrat-Left that financial success in the U.S. is due to ‘white privilege,’ meaning whites are better-connected…

From hyphens to hate to race-based hypocrisy

The president of the United States of America believes the nation is systemically racist. The vice president of the United States believes one of the…

Mandate for kilts, petticoats?

To the Editor, We’d like for everyone to think about something. If we can have a mandate that requires everyone to wear masks everywhere we…

Bring back the cloak

To the Editor, We’d like for everyone to think about something. If we can have a mandate that requires everyone to wear masks everywhere we…