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Letter: What about the killer’s victim? Published: 1/27/2021 12:02:34 AM Jonathan Baird never mentions the victim in his latest column about how cruel the death penalty was for Lisa Montgomery ( Monitor Opinion, Jan. 23). This is typical when someone is arguing against the death penalty. The victim or victims are not a consideration. Their closure doesn’t matter. He states there was no careful consideration about Montgomery’s fate. Where does he get this idea from? Years on death row and ...

2016’s poor losers have turned into 2020’s poor winners. President-elect Joe Biden is promising to turn back the clock and reverse many successful policies of last four years. We will, without a doubt, continue to be a sharply divided nation and it...

My Turn: Creche represents real meaning of Christmas I would like to respond to the “My Turn” column by Jack Shields ( Monitor Opinion, Dec. 14) regarding the creche on the city plaza. I have seen the creche since I was a young child when my parents would take my sister and I down to North Main Street on the day after Thanksgiving to see the beautiful lights on the street poles, the big Christmas Tree, and the Nativity scene. I notice in his article he didn’t mention the menorah in front...