Letters to the Editor

Sep 4, 2026 · Eric Peterson

Dear A.R.T. Letters:If I had a billion dollars, here’s how I’d spend it:First, I’d invest $600 million to generate about $1 million a month (at 2% APR). Then I’d buy five houses at $10 million each, furnish them for $10...

Sep 4, 2026 · Eric Peterson

Dear A.R.T. Letters:The greatest danger facing our country is not communism – it’s people in positions of authority who lie and the people who believe them.

Sep 4, 2026 · Eric Peterson

Dear A.R.T. Letters:One of the best ways to celebrate and honor Memorial Day might be to spend a few quiet minutes walking through one of our national cemeteries —there are 155 located all over the US. The rows of simple...

Sep 2, 2026 · Eric Peterson

A.R.T.:Re AI,There’s a race going on between companies and between countries to be the first to develop AI for fear that the competition will beat them to the finish line – wherever and whatever that might be.As this is...

Aug 23, 2026 · Eric Peterson

Fact-checkingMy local newspaper’s new practice of adding brief fact-checking notes to letters containing demonstrably false or unsupported factual claims deserves enthusiastic praise. It may be one of the most valuable p...

Aug 23, 2026 · John Monek

Dear Editor,This is a smoke test of the public submission path. It should land as pending review and not show on the public site until published.Sincerely,Tester

Jun 12, 2026 · Site Administrator

Dear Editor,After my husband passed, I stopped talking to most people. Grief had a way of making every conversation feel like work. Then Rosa, who drives the Route 14 bus, started greeting me by name every morning. She n...

Jun 11, 2026 · Site Administrator

To the Editor,When the water main on our street failed in January, city crews said it would be three days before permanent repairs. Three days in Michigan winter is a long time to live without running water.By noon, neig...

Jun 10, 2026 · Site Administrator

Dear Editor,Ms. Ortega stays after school twice a week to help students who are learning English write college essays. My daughter Ana is one of them. Ana will be the first in our family to attend university, and she is...

Jun 9, 2026 · Site Administrator

Editor,Every Sunday I take my laundry to Spin City on Girard Avenue. It is not glamorous, but it is honest. You learn a lot watching people fold fitted sheets and negotiate dryers.Last month a young man translated for an...

Jun 8, 2026 · Site Administrator

Dear Editor,I spent two months choosing between gas and groceries after my hours were cut at the warehouse. I told myself pantries were for other people—people in worse shape. Pride is expensive.When I walked into St. Lu...

Jun 7, 2026 · Site Administrator

To the Editor,Our son Jake fell from a hayloft on a Saturday night. The nearest trauma center was ninety miles away. The staff at Hays Medical Center stabilized him, coordinated a helicopter, and kept us informed every s...