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Illegal aliens break the law

To the editor: There is no such thing as a law-abiding illegal alien. If you sneak into America, you break the law — period. I’m going to confound many Democrats: Define a man. It’s amazing how many liberals who can’t define a woman are suddenly experts on fishing boats and the economy. Liberals claim Robert Kennedy is anti-science, yet there are some liberals who tell us men can have babies. It seems like President Donald Trump holds more press conferences in one week than Joe Biden had in four years. As of the 2025 Center for Immigration Studies report, 54 percent ...

Trump, Kelly still battling

To the editor: Recently, President Donald J. Trump, totally inappropriately and completely without merit, announced that he and his administration were strongly considering re-enlisting Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona, into active military duty, in order to formally court-martial and disgrace him for his statement, which had been made in unison with five of his Democratic colleagues, that those in the military service to our great country must defy illegal orders and abide by their oath to military service, the U.S. Constitution and military protocol and not to simply break ...

Stick to what you know

To the editor: A recent guest column in the Herald-Star caught my attention (“Vaccines don’t cause autism — here’s how we know,” Dec. 7.) The author proclaimed that vaccines do not cause autism. I decided to find out more about the author as his biography only mentioned that he was the parent of an autistic child. It was difficult to find information about Greg Scaduto. He is described as a finance leader and a frequent contributor to U.S. News and World Report. This article indicated that he has limited knowledge about statistics and medical research. I am a retired ...

Are you thankful?

To the editor: One thing that each one of us can be thankful for is that we are here, that we have been created for this time. One estimate of the total number of people in the history of the world is 100 billion. Out of those 100 billion, do you know how many were exactly like you? Zero. Do you know how many people will be exactly like you in the future? Zero. You are unique in the history and future of the world. You are one in forever. Our bodies may fade away, but our souls continue after the death of our bodies. We are already living forever. And you have been created by ...

Are you nice?

To the editor: How pleasant it is to be with nice people. A bevy of matronly women gushing over decorations on a well-lit Christmas tree is certainly nice. What’s even nicer are the same women making a fuss over a baby smiling his gummy, toothless smile while gurgling with delight, waving his little arms and kicking his chubby legs. Some things are not nice at all. In attendance at a church service were two young men listening to a solo sung by a portly gentleman who’d most willingly volunteered to sing when the pastor asked if anyone should like to sing a solo. There ...

Bipartisanship and forever wars

To the editor: The shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C., has left one of them dead and the other critically injured as of this writing. The apparent shooter worked for the CIA in Afghanistan. He was allowed entry into this country by the Biden administration and granted asylum by the Trump administration. This is the kind of bipartisanship that brought us the forever wars. This is only the latest in a long string of incidents of unintended consequences following the stupendous misuse and abuse of the U.S. military by politicians and well-placed private ...