Letter: We need government to save us, Earth

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Letter: We need government to save us, Earth

Portions of Interstate 985 are getting a tree-clearing like what hasn't seen in 50 years. - photo by Scott Rogers

05052019 TREES 1.jpg — Portions of Interstate 985 are getting a tree-clearing like what hasn't seen in 50 years. - photo by Scott Rogers

Letter to the editor

Published: May 9, 2019, 8:49 PM

Last Sunday’s front page article about the DOT removing trees from alongside 985 disturbed me. I found the agency’s rationale suspect: “The major reason for clearing the trees is safety,” they say. My gut told me that there was probably an unspoken covert reason for this malign arboricide.I confess to a bias.

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Opinion: Sacrifices must be made by all to keep Democracy

President Donald Trump listens during an event Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. - photo by Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens during an event Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. - photo by Associated Press

Letter to the editor

Published: Apr 3, 2025, 8:11 PM

Donald Trump and the Republican Party are, in a helter-skelter fashion, converting American democracy into an autocracy with Trump as the autocrat.

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