Opinion

Who Do You Trust? was a 50’s American game show that featured married couples “trusting” each other (or not) to answer questions anticipating what each other would say.  

To the Editor:

We’re the fish, ‘We the People’.  The media is the barrel of information in which we swim, in captivity.  (Who says we’re free?).  This medium in which we live and on which we depend as optimistically pessimistic as our air, water, all our needs and desires -- our information, gossip, news, lies, half truths, suffering truths -- is the bane of our existence.

Dear Editor:                                                A 29th Letter to America  

America has come a long way from July 4, 1776, when it declared its independence from Great Britain, and said in its declaration, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

“Come to the USA!?”

But it’s doubtful, about growing up.  He is who he is.  A showman, a huckster, a Joker.  An adolescent. Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore had about as much political meat as Nixon meeting Elvis in the White House.  All that was missing was the cape.  Great photo op, the lights were on, but no one was home.

Why Your Local Newspapers are Failing You

It’s easy to blame the internet for the decline of the traditional daily newspaper.  It’s a factor, yes, but just because demographics and the social blueprint are changing it doesn’t mean your local newspaper should accept this techno-quick & dirty iPhone phenomenon.  The sad decline in readership, circulation and sales is the result of the newspaper-reading market becoming both stimulated and stupefied by social media.

 
June 2, 2018

"Prepare for more calamities if the Supreme Court of the United States sides with the Queer Nazi's again." (letter to the editor Sept. 26, 2017)

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is poised to let us know what God thinks of the Supreme Court;s interpretation of the constitutional protections of freedom of religion and freedom of speech for a cake baker, a florist and the God-fearing.

Sincerely,

Michael W Jarvis

Salt Lake City, Utah

Dear Editor:

What ever happened to the good old days when the worst things we had to fear on Memorial Day were traffic jams and indigestion?

Folks setting to break out their outdoor grill this Memorial Day face a nasty choice. If they undercook their hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken nuggets, their family and friends may face food poisoning by E. coli and Salmonella bacteria. The U.S. Meat and Poultry Hotline advises raising the temperature.

Trump 1, Media 0

I couldn’t help from thinking, “that’s one up for Trump”, as I watched bulldog media star and Trump advisor, Kellyanne Conway, dismantle CNN’s soft pillow Brian Stelter on his Sunday morning gossip program.  I mean, she really took him apart.