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Your Opinion: Inundated with infected immigrants Dear Editor: I've been hearing recently about southern Missouri being the COVID-19 surge hotspot and the following article should raise some questions regarding the fake news coverage of what's really happening. Published Jul. 26 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Downplaying adverse immunization effects Dear Editor: I'm tired of the medical community and our government entities pushing or forcing these experimental jabs on the population. Published Jul. 25 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Questions for the school board Dear Editor: I hope parents, and students ask the Jefferson City School Board these questions. Published Jul. 24 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize electric car recharging Dear Editor: I agree with a recent letter to the editor that taxpayers should not be paying for charging private citizens' electric cars. Published Jul. 23 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: The attack of Delta and the "fear factor" Dear Editor: Many people assumed COVID-19 was over if it ever existed. Many had treated the pandemic as a sham and haven't been vaccinated because of various reasons on social media or Fox News. Published Jul. 23 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: No on Capital Improvements Sales Tax Dear Editor: I encourage everyone to vote "no" Aug. 3 on the renewal of the Jefferson City Capital Improvements Sales Tax. Published Jul. 22 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Misinformation on COVID-19 Dear Editor: Sunday's NT contained an article noting the surgeon general's concern about increasing COVID-19 cases. Published Jul. 22 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Common belief in forgiveness Dear Editor: I enjoyed a recent letter in these pages about forgiveness. by Frank Rycyk, Jefferson City Published Jul. 22 2021 @ 9:40am

Your Opinion: Luetkemeyer wrong on child tax credit Dear Editor: Last Saturday U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer had this to say about helping families: "Full disclosure: I did not support this change, and I voted against the bill it was in. It causes confusion for families and creates unnecessary difficulties the IRS cannot handle." by Thomas Minihan, Jefferson City Published Jul. 22 2021 @ 9:40am

Your Opinion: Understand CRT before teaching or tolerating it Dear Editor: I was at the Jefferson City School Board meeting on July 13. It was apparent very few at the meeting including the board and Superintendent Larry Linthicum knew the difference between critical thinking and critical race theory (CRT). Published Jul. 20 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Human nature to believe big lies Dear Editor: It's just human nature.During World War I, the British Office of Propaganda created a story to convince the British public of the brutality of the invading Germans killing Belgian nuns and somehow turning their bodies into bar soap. Published Jul. 20 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Cars should not be charged at taxpayer expense Dear Editor: I read a July 17 article in your newspaper titled, "Missouri preparing to put vehicle charging stations in parks." Published Jul. 20 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Wrong diagnosis, wrong solutions Dear Editor: The problem I see with the Citizens' Climate Lobby is that they push one thing more than anything else and that is the Carbon Tax Dividend. Published Jul. 19 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Border woes; Biden's behavior Dear Editor: Has anybody seen Anthony Fauci or Andrew Cuomo lately? Published Jul. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Democrats display brazen corruption Dear Editor: It's unbelievable how the Democrats have become so brazenly corrupt without any shame or fear of investigation or punishment! Published Jul. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Smokescreen for teaching CRT in JC schools Dear Editor: Once again, the leftist wordsmiths are trying to convince us that critical race theory (CRT) and 1619 Project curriculum is all about teaching our children to be critical thinkers. Published Jul. 17 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Cowardly politicians Dear Editor: Politicians in Washington, D.C., want to spend $1.9 billion to fortify the Capitol after the Jan. 6 riot that they said was started by Trump supporters. Published Jul. 17 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Utter disgust with DOJ Dear Editor: I am writing today to voice my utter disgust with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Published Jul. 16 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Unhelpful analogy on climate change Dear Editor: Recently, an LTE spoke of (and I'm paraphrasing) putting a child in a car seat, even on short trips and in a life vest if they go on the water, no matter how unlikely an accident is to occur is like how we should address climate change. Published Jul. 15 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: We can't ignore our history of racial inequity Dear Editor: I appreciate the comments made by Superintendent Larry Linthicum on July 12 at the JC Public School Board meeting. Published Jul. 15 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Teacher's sugar-coated view of CRT Dear Editor: While I was pleased to see a front page article in the Sunday paper about the ongoing debate on teaching critical race theory (CRT) in JC schools, I was just as displeased on the lack of full disclosure on the subject as presented by Jefferson City High School English teacher Abigail Nahlik. Published Jul. 15 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Under Biden, everything is about racism Dear Editor: What has happened to the Greatest Country in the World? Published Jul. 14 2021 @ 11:05pm

Your Opinion: Less police protection Dear Editor: I read on the internet that Seattle has lost 260 police officers in the last 1 1/2 years. Published Jul. 14 2021 @ 11:05pm